Development of state policy in oil industry during the Great Patriotic War

This paper investigates the development of Russian state policy in oil industry during the Great Patriotic War. The authors have identified and characterized the main stages of policy development, efficiency of state activities to relocate the facilities, equipment and personnel of oil enterprises to the Eastern parts of the country, as well as activities to supply fuel to the military front, search for new oil deposits, and improve oil refining. The paper concludes that the Russian oil companies made a significant contribution to the USSR victory, which became one of the major factors determining the outcome of the Great Patriotic War and WWII. The historical experience of the Soviet oil industry in providing the country with strategic materials and developing a base for post-war national project of the powerful oil and gas complex requires further research and study.