Workforce of central Russia on the development of virgin lands in the 1954–1964: regional historiography

Author(s):  A.M. Belov, Dr., Kostroma state University, Kostroma, Russia, belovi_1957@mail.ru

A.A. Rybin, Kostroma state University, Kostroma, Russia, rybin-andreyka@bk.ru

Issue:  Volume 45, № 4

Rubric:  Topical issues of russian history

Annotation:  The article deals with different estimates of researchers of Ivanovo, Kostroma and Yaroslavl regions on the problem of the development of virgin and fallow lands in the USSR in the postwar period. Soviet authors analyze the campaign for the development of new lands from the point of view of the state ideology, noting only the successes of agrarian reforms since the mid 1950-first half of 1960 years. At the present stage, there are new subjects on the problem, in particular historians study the virgin campaign from different sides, point to the negative factors of agrarian transformation. For more than 60 years of research campaign for development of new lands, the researchers have accumulated a lot of relevant material, but at the same time, a number of questions on the issue to date, remain poorly understood. In this regard, on the basis of this study, it is possible to determine the development of the problem at the regional level and to identify «white spots».

Keywords:  regional historiography, virgin and fallow lands, labor, Ivanovo, Kostroma, Yaroslavl

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