The Virgin and Idle Lands of Western Siberia and Northern Kazakhstan
A Geographical Appraisal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4795241 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W A Douglas Jackson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1956 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1 |
| Publication date | 1956-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/211959 |
| OpenAlex | W2333644232 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
T I HE current project to expand the grain and wheat base of western ,.Siberia and northern Kazakhstan to surpass in production the historically famous Ukrainian granary' is the most recent scheme devised by Soviet leaders to transform the agricultural geography of the U.S.S.R. Throughout the steppe and forest steppe east of the Volga millions of acres, described in Soviet literature as virgin and idle arable land,2 are to be plowed and sown to wheat and other grains. The organization of large, new state grain farms is planned; and a migration of students, farmers, and workers from the cities and older agricultural regions of the country is being actively promoted on a considerable scale. The institution of such a program in the spring of I954 was surprising and somewhat contradictory in view of earlier Soviet pronouncements. The directives of the Nineteenth Party Congress for the Fifth Five-Year Plan, issued in October, I952, called for an increase of 40-50 per cent in the gross grain crop and 55-65 per cent in the wheat crop,3 but by far the
Archaeology · Environmental protection · Geography · Idle · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends · Russia and Soviet political economy
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1956 - 2020 (65) |
| Highly cited | No |