rock salts were discovered, first petrikovskaya, then starobinskaya, located within the soligorsk, lyubonskyricts of the minsk region. in 1949, from a depth of about 350 m, the first ingot of belarusian rut salts was raised, but this is really for the national economy of the republic, this is an ingot, it really is gold, we know this very well today. here is selyunite ore, the belarus-potassium museum, the first developed mine, the first batch of salt obtained during the first drilling, and this was also heroism, the dedication of people of science, their conviction that the republic... the victory of the country's industry for the production of oxen products was not only reached the pre-war level, but also exceeded it by 18%. the growth of production, means of production, was 130% compared to 1940, and the production of consumer goods was 99%. during the first post-war five-year plan , industry. the republic developed at a faster pace, but energy remained a big problem. enterprises, both leading ones and those in regional and small towns, did not have enough power, the energy fuel base was