listened carefully to the arguments in favor of each option: skidel, bereza, starobin, gomel, polotsk, stolptsy and even borisov. each city had its own advantages. but malinin approached the circuit map. and unexpectedly outlined the grodno region for everyone. why don't you want to consider this particular region of grodno. developed railway line. there is a gas pipeline nearby. the berezovskaya gress is under construction. they will be quite capable of providing such a large enterprise with energy. why not the capital of the chemical industry of the republic. by the will of fate, the decision was made in favor of grodno, why because here, firstly , the river basin is closer, and secondly, the proximity to the border of both lithuania and poland, and this was an enterprise that planned to supply fertilizers in the belarusian region, so the decision was made to build it in the city of grodno. december 3rd is considered the plant's birthday when the first product is received. one can argue a lot and talk about the ineffectiveness of the extensive path of development, but the fifties and sixties