Urbanization processes in the oil region of Tatarstan in 1950-1960-s

Large-scale urbanization processes that took place in the USSR in the 1950-1960s were associated with the restoration of the post-war economy and the continuation of the implementation of the industrial development program. The intensity of urbanization was directly dependent on the development of production in a particular region. The paper considers urbanization processes in the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, where the country’s largest oil reserves were discovered during the study period, and the formation of an oil-producing industrial hub began. For several years, the backward agrarian region transformed into an industrial center with a developed urban economy and culture. The paper revealed the peculiarities of urbanization processes that took place in the 1950-1960s, using the example of the oil-producing region - the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, analyzed the impact of the formation and development of large industrial production on changing the size and structure of the region's population. In this study individual stages of urbanization are shown, positive and negative aspects are considered. The results of urbanization in the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the economic, demographic and social spheres were revealed. The authors concluded that urbanization processes in the oil-producing region led to the formation of a new socio-cultural image of the republic, the active development of an urban society characterized by national and regional specifics.