Virgin Lands Campaign

The Virgin Lands Campaign (Russian: Освое́ние целины́, Osvojenije celiny; Kazakh: Тың игеру, Tıñ ïgeruw) was Nikita Khrushchev’s 1953 plan to dramatically boost the Soviet Union’s agricultural production in order to alleviate the food shortages plaguing the Soviet populace.

Virgin Lands Campaign

The Virgin Lands Campaign (Russian: Освое́ние целины́, Osvojenije celiny; Kazakh: Тың игеру, Tıñ ïgeruw) was Nikita Khrushchev’s 1953 plan to dramatically boost the Soviet Union’s agricultural production in order to alleviate the food shortages plaguing the Soviet populace.