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TheCentral Black Earth Regionor theCentral-Chernozem Region[a]is a segment of theEurasianBlack Earthbelt that lies withinCentral Russiaand comprisesVoronezh Oblast,Lipetsk Oblast,Belgorod Oblast,Tambov Oblast,Oryol OblastandKursk Oblast.Between 1928 and 1934, these regions briefly united as theCentral Black Earth Oblast,with the centre inVoronezh.
The Black Earth Region is famous for its high-qualitychernozem(Russian for 'black earth')soil.Although its importance has been primarily agricultural, the Soviets developed the Chernozem Region as an industrial region based on theiron oresof theKursk Magnetic Anomaly.
The area contains abiospherenature reservecalledCentral Black Earth Nature Reserve(42 km2(16 sq mi)), which was created in 1935 within the Kursk and Belgorodoblasts.A prime specimen offorest steppein Europe, the nature reserve consists of typicalvirgin land(целина,celina)steppesanddeciduousforests.
Juozas Vareikiswas the First Secretary of Communist Party's Regional Committee for the Central Black Earth Region (1928–1934).
History
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On 14 May 1928, theAll-Russian Central Executive CommitteeandGovernment of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republicpassed a directive on the formation of theCentral Black Earth Oblast[2]using the territory of the former Voronezh, Kursk, Oryol andTambov GovernorateGovernorates with its centre as the city of Voronezh.
The composition of the Central Black Earth Oblast was determined on 16 July 1928, and its districts were founded on 30 July of the same year. Later, from 1929 to 1933, these districts were revised several times.
On 3 June 1929, Voronezh, the centre of the region, was designated as an independent administrative unit directly subordinate to the regionalCongress of Sovietsand its executive committee.
On 16 September 1929, the Voronezh Okrug was abolished, and its territory became the Stary Oskol and Usman Okrugs.
See also
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edit- ^Russian:Центрально-Чернозёмная полоса,romanized:Centraljno-Černozjomnaja polosa,IPA:[tsɨnˈtralʲnətɕɪrnɐˈzʲɵmnəjəpəɫɐˈsa];lit. 'Central-Black SoilStrip'[1]
References
edit- ^Geography class 10.Goyal Brothers Prakarshan.
- ^Agriculture in the Black Sea RegionArchivedOctober 31, 2013, at theWayback Machine