Presentation of the book "Russian Extraction"

The book "Russian Extraction" has been presented in Moscow. It is the first attempt to show readers a big picture of the development of the national oil industry and its contribution to state development. For 150 years oil has been an essential factor for development of the Russian Empire-USSR-Russia. It was binding big money, political interests and the fates of different people. Modernization of the country was based on oil, it pushed science forward, it was an invisible spring of fundamental changes. Maria Slavkina, the author of the book, has been working in the oil industry for over 10 years. She is considered to be one of the leading historians in the oil and gas sector. She presents a new view not only on the history of the Russian oil industry, but also the history of the country in general.