Territorial production complex

A Territorial Production Complex (TPK) is a regional production structure geared towards certain main productions .

The TPK is characterized by a high degree of intra-regional interdependence of large vertically and horizontally integrated companies, the complex use of regional resources, the proportional, coordinated development of various productions and services as well as certain scientific institutions. Such complexes were operated by the government of the USSR to promote poorly structured areas (including in Siberia ).

By using the internal combination of regional structural elements, communication expenses were minimized. The regional specialization in main productions with a supra-regional reach took place particularly in the USSR. During the establishment of TPK in the USSR, especially in the eastern regions (e.g. Bratsk-Ust Ilimsker, Sayansker TPK), the production facilities in the region were linked technologically and economically.

One example is the TPK Pavlodar - Ekibastus in what is now Kazakhstan . As part of the Neuland campaign (освоение целины, oswojenie zeliny ) after the Second World War, the region's large mineral deposits were to be harnessed. Numerous large-scale operations were built for this purpose - opencast mines and power plants for hard coal, an aluminum plant, a refinery for Siberian crude oil as well as a chemical combine and the Pavlodar tractor plant . The workforce, mostly young people, was brought in from other parts of the Soviet Union. Entire cities were built for them (using prefabricated panels as large housing estates).

Another example is the large Abkan area on the upper Yenisei .