Historical Retrospective of Environmental Problems of Oil-Extracting Regions (On the Example of the Almetyevsk District of Tatarstan Republic in Russia in the Second Half of the XX century)

Article is directed on identification of resistant interrelation of industrial development of the concrete territory and ecological consequences of this development. On examples of archival materials are disclosed sources of formation of negative impact on environment of Tatarstan Republic. As the leading approach to research of a problem is chosen the method of the retrospective analysis which allows to track extent of industrial impact on environment of the Almetyevsk oil area throughout the semicentennial period. Prerequisites of need of formation of environmental policy for the region come to light. As a result of research are made conclusions that development of productive forces in the region the long time was carried out without its ecological features. The serious aggravation of an ecological situation became a result of it. However it brought also to that, production during the planning and implementation of the activity began to rely on the principle of greening. Materials of this article can be useful to theoretical and practical justification of expediency of implementation of economic activity with a support on the principles nature and resource saving.