The discussion on Baikal and its significance in the lake’s protection

In the 60s of the last century the governance of the Soviet Union made a decision to build two cellulose producing combines at Take Baikal. That decision caused objections from the Siberian scientists based on the fact that the combines’waste waters would inevitably pollute Take Baikal and so it would cause the degradation of lake’s ecological system. That opinion was initially supported by the scientists almost of the whole country, later it was supported by numerous publications in mass media and by thousands of letters addressed to the governance of the country. In the history there was no such a precedent of discussion the issues of nature protection. In the result of the broad discussion the governmental resolutions were adopted and the exact measures on the lake protection from the pollution were executed.