Selection of Russia Non-Resource Development Model

On the basis of previously unpublished archival documents and materials we studied the problem or long-term struggle in the scientific, governmental and business circles of the Russian Empire related to the construction type of the Caspian-Black Sea pipeline, capable to transport crude or processed oil. The conclusion is drawn that the development strategy was determined as a matter of fact not only for the oil industry, but for the entire Russian economy. It was about the establishment or an own industrial production or crude oil export. its use as a source o r immediate profit. providing oil producers and treasury. The result or the victory aimed on the national interests or a part of the governmental, entrepreneurial and scientific elite was the following one: the locus on the non-resource development model, the decision to build a kerosene pipeline and the growth of the oil refining industry in Russia.