Tselina
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Tselinaorvirgin lands(Russian:целина́,lit. 'whole lands';Ukrainian:цілина́,romanized:tsilina) is anumbrella termfor underdeveloped, scarcely populated, high-fertility lands often covered with thechernozemsoil.[1]The lands were mostly located in thesteppesof theVolga region,NorthernKazakhstanandSouthern Siberia.[2]
The term became widely used in the late 1950s and early 1960s in theSoviet Unionduring theVirgin Lands campaign(Russian:Освое́ние целины́,romanized:Osvoyeniye tseliny,lit. 'reclamation of tselina') - a state development and resettlement campaign to turn the lands into a major agriculture producing region.[citation needed]
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References
[edit]- ^"Целина - это... Что такое Целина?".Словари и энциклопедии на Академике(in Russian).Retrieved2018-07-29.
- ^"Целина".The Great Soviet Encyclopedia(in Russian). Moscow.OCLC14476314.Retrieved 2018-07-29.