THE ROLE OF SCIENCE FOR MOBILIZING RAW MATERIALS OF THE URALS FOR THE WAR (1941-1945)
The article considers the activities of scientific institutions and production teams which organized in the framework of the commission of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR for the Ural’s, Western Siberia’s and Kazakhstan’s resources mobilization to the needs of national defense and the expansion of the resource base of the Ural’s defense enterprises of ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy. The author describes the discovery of the largest deposits of manganese ore, chromium, bauxite, polymetallic ores, gold bearing rocks that expanded the resource base of leading defense enterprises of the Urals. He also details the discovery and expansion of chalcopyrite deposits. The article reveals the contribution of scientists and technical workers in improving the efficiency of the defense plants and the improvement of production and of ferrous metals enrichment enterprises of Bashkortostan and the Urals. The author reveals conditions of smooth operation of defense enterprises, provided with ensure their own raw materials and technology to improve the quality of products produced.