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This article examines historical aspects of the development and implementation of the state strategy for the accelerated development of the electric power industry in the Far East in 1964-1991. Problems concerning power supply in this part of the country are analyzed, programs for the development of the regional electric power industry are considered, difficulties of their implementation are revealed, and structural changes in the industry and results of electrification of the Far East are characterized. The strategy of regional electric power industry development envisaged sharply increasing the production of electricity through the development of new energy resources and large-scale construction, which would thereby solve the electricty shortage, and ensure rapid development of the industry. The strategy in the Far East began to be implemented when the Soviet economy was experiencing a crisis and developing in a conservative and inorganic way. Harsh natural and climatic conditions, the vast
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