having laid out materials on each proposed facility in front of the state planning staff, sergei malininmmittee of the bssr, argued that it would be advisable to locate oil refining and a number of other enterprises precisely on... the conversation at the meeting was more than emotional. ukraine is a priority; it was personally lobbied by khrushchev and the bryansk region. as a result , the republic received the oil refinery plant. a decision was made to build it near polotsk, which will later go down in history. a decision was made by the ussr state planning committee on location in belarus of other large industrial enterprises, mechanical engineering, defense industry, a new developing industry, chemical. the belarusians' arguments turned out to be convincing; the economy of the bssr developed at a rapid pace. strong state. what could be provided was a strong economy, industry, the development of scientific potential, intellectual potential, creative potential, culture, sports, that is, in that period of time, no matter what, the main slogan was not only the restoration from the ruins