苏联约90%的能源资源是集中在它的东部地区(西伯利亚、哈萨克斯坦、中亚和远东)的.经济不甚发达、地处偏远的西伯利亚和远东地区拥有极其丰富的天然资源.在这两个地区,潜在的石油储量占全国的50%以上,天然气的储量占60%以上,煤炭储量占70%以上,森林资源占全苏的77%,水能资源占全苏的60%还强. About 90% of the Soviet Union’s energy resources are concentrated in its eastern regions (Siberia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia and Far East), and the economically underdeveloped and remote areas of Siberia and the Far East have extremely rich natural resources In these areas, the potential oil reserves account for more than 50% of the country’s total reserves. Natural gas reserves account for more than 60%, coal reserves account for more than 70%, forest resources account for 77% of the entire Soviet Union, and hydropower resources account for 60% of the entire Soviet Union.