Importance The article discusses the role and place of the peat industry in the national economy, the necessity and possibility of its revival and development, as well as the basic prerequisites for the establishment of an adequate economic management mechanism. Objectives The article aims to assess the relevance of the revival of peat mining activity in Russia; define the quantitative and qualitative parameters of this activity; formulate the basic directions of development of measures the implementation of which should ensure the achievement of these parameters. Methods For the study, we used historical and logical methods of research and system analysis. Results We propose an algorithm to consider the issue of factors and arguments (pros and cons), which condition the necessity and possibility of reviving the peat industry, and we present certain perspectives and organizational and economic conditions for its development. Conclusions The article contains the issues to be discussed. The problem described has never been considered in detail in scientific literature, so the arguments presented in favor of the revival of the peat industry are not always sufficiently substantiated and convincing.
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