Virgin Lands campaign

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Soviet policy agricultural campaign historical event

The Virgin Lands campaign was a massive Soviet agricultural initiative launched in the 1950s under Nikita Khrushchev to rapidly increase grain production by cultivating previously uncultivated steppe lands, particularly in Kazakhstan and neighboring regions.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
center of Virgin Lands agricultural development 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet policy ⓘ
agricultural campaign ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
agriculturalProduct grain ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
criticizedFor environmental degradation ⓘ
overestimation of long-term productivity ⓘ
unsustainable farming practices ⓘ
endDate 1960s ⓘ
focus cultivation of previously uncultivated steppe lands ⓘ
historicalAssessment mixed success ⓘ
implementedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet state farms ⓘ
collective farms ⓘ
influenced later Soviet agricultural reforms ⓘ
initiatedBy Nikita Khrushchev NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
leaderRoleOf Nikita Khrushchev NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Altai region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orenburg region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Volga region NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainGoal expand cultivated land area ⓘ
increase grain production ⓘ
method large-scale mechanized farming ⓘ
rapid plowing of steppe lands ⓘ
motivatedBy desire to surpass Western grain production ⓘ
food shortages in the Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf Soviet agricultural policy ⓘ
policyType extensive agriculture ⓘ
politicalContext Khrushchev Thaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
result declining yields over time ⓘ
dust storms ⓘ
initial sharp increase in grain output ⓘ
overexploitation of marginal lands ⓘ
soil erosion ⓘ
slogan Virgin and Idle Lands ⓘ
startDate 1954 ⓘ
subjectOf Cold War agricultural policy research ⓘ
Soviet historiography ⓘ
environmental history studies ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
usedLaborFrom Komsomol volunteers ⓘ
military conscripts ⓘ
urban youth ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Kazakh SSR → knownFor → Virgin Lands campaign ⓘ
Soviet leadership collective under Nikita Khrushchev → significantEvent → Virgin Lands campaign ⓘ
Tselinograd → associatedWithCampaign → Virgin Lands campaign ⓘ
Tselinograd → historicalRole → Virgin Lands campaign ⓘ
this entity surface form: center of Virgin Lands agricultural development