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SINCE the inception of the first Five-Year Plan in 1927 the U. S. S. R. has made great strides towards the goal of domestic self-sufficiency in mineral supplies. Under the aegis of central authorities such as the Institute of Geology and Prospecting and the Academy of Science, thousands of geologists have been engaged in the search for new resources, playing an essential part in the industrial revolution which has swept through the Soviet Union. Although vast areas still remain to be explored, probably no country is more nearly self-supporting, and certainly none has brighter prospects of industrial and agricultural expansion in times of world peace. To some extent this favourable position is due to methods of national economy, whereby commercial considerations are subjugated to national expediency.
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WILLIAMS, D. MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U. S. S. R.*. Nature 150, 539–541 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150539a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/150539a0