Scientific, technical and economic prereqisites for the synthenic rubber production modernization in the Volga region in the second half of 1950's

The article presents the analysis of prerequisites for the modernization of the synthetic rubber production as the main branch of the petrochemical industry of the Volga region. The dynamics of the development of this branch in the region is shown. The interrelation of economic and technical prerequisites, which favoured its reconstruction, and the state chemicalization program of 1958 is revealed.