Central Black Earth Region
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The Central Black Earth Region, also Central-Chernozem Region or Chernozemye (Russian: Центрально-Чернозёмная полоса, romanized: Tsentral'no-Chernozyomnaya polosa, lit. 'Central-Black soil Strip')[1] is a segment of the Eurasian Black Earth belt that lies within Central Russia and comprises Voronezh Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast, Tambov Oblast, Oryol Oblast and Kursk Oblast. Between 1928 and 1934, these regions were briefly united into Central Black Earth Oblast, with the centre in Voronezh.
The Black Earth Region is famous for its high quality soil, called Chernozem (Black Earth). Although its importance has been primarily agricultural, the Chernozem Region was developed by the Soviets as an industrial region based on iron ores of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly.
The area contains a
forests.Juozas Vareikis was the First Secretary of Communist Party's Regional Committee for the Central Black Earth Region (1928–1934).
History
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On May 14, 1928, the
On July 16, 1928 the composition of the Central Black Earth Oblast was determined and on July 30 of the same year its districts were founded. Later, from 1929 to 1933, these districts were revised several times.
On June 3, 1929 the centre of the region, Voronezh, was designated as an independent administrative unit directly subordinate to the regional Congress of Soviets and its executive committee.
On September 16, 1929 the Voronezh Okrug was abolished and its territory was split among the newly founded Stary Oskol and Usman Okrugs.
See also
- Central Black Earth economic region
- Black Dirt Region
References
- ^ Geography class 10. Goyal Brothers Prakarshan.
- ^ Agriculture in the Black Sea Region Archived October 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
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