The role of the Commonwealth of Nations in solving the grain lack problem in after war period
The article first highlights the process of development of virgin and fallow lands of Siberia and adjoining areas of northern Kazakhstan, case study Kokshetau and Omsk regions from1954 to 1956. The author deals with the development of virgin lands as one of the main strand of the agricultural policy of the Soviet state, which is important in the present, as an outstanding feat of the Soviet people, bearing the national character. The author pays much attention to the development of state guidelines for regional land-use as well as to its drawbacks, which led to the known adverse effects (soil exhaustion, shallowing of local waters, depauperization of flora and fauna, etc.) The article deals with the role of science on the intensification of agriculture, the meaning of melioration, as the main means of radically improving both new and old land, and the role of scientists in the application of advanced agricultural technologies (the selection of durum wheat and other crops, the zoning and the increase of their productivity). The author attempts to disclose the historical roots of the friendship of the peoples of the USSR, the traces of its development and the strong cultural ties between different nationalities. The article describes the comprehensive assistance of the Soviet peoples, with machines and human resources, to Siberia and northern Kazakhstan, where virgin and fallow lands were cultivated