"Komsomol to the Virgin Lands", 1958 stamp

Tselina or virgin lands (Russian: целина́, lit. 'whole lands'; Ukrainian: цілина́, romanized: tsilina) is an umbrella term for underdeveloped, scarcely populated, high-fertility lands often covered with the chernozem soil.[1] The lands were mostly located in the steppes of the Volga region, Northern Kazakhstan and Southern Siberia.[2]

The term became widely used in the late 1950s and early 1960s in the Soviet Union during the Virgin 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.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Целина - это... Что такое Целина?". Словари и энциклопедии на Академике (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-07-29.
  2. ↑ "Целина". The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian). Moscow. OCLC 14476314. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
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