The problems of material support for urban development in the KHMAO-Ugra in the 1960s-1980s by a case study of Surgut and Nefteyugansk

The study analyzes the process of establishing facilities for the emerging construction industry in the North of Western Siberia in the 1960s-1980s. It reflects the difficulties in providing Siberian urban development with raw and structural materials. The research demonstrates the hard work of core enterprises to supply sites with local raw materials and develop their own construction industry in Western Siberia. The paper reveals the specific nature of the emerging construction industry in this region, the intensive problem solutions to improve the quality of survey works, their design and implementation. The emphasis is placed on climate-adapted housing construction matters, building materials logistics, their preservation in terms of the geographical remoteness of the Trans-Urals oil and gas province from the center, the lack of roads and transport infrastructure in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra. Based on the statistical materials introduced, the author described the labor exploit of Siberian builders who created the residential areas in new cities of the Russian North in an unprecedentedly short time.