«…There was no their own Tchernomyrdin»: Personal Role in Oil and Gas Development Industry in Post-Soviet History

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the main trends in the Russian oil and gas complex development in the late 1980s - early 2000s. The author revealed and analyzed two different models of oil and gas branches adaptation while transferring to the market economy. It was the branches heads who played an integrative role in choosing these models of development. They ensured the formation of the development specificity of these industry branches.