The Industries of Russia, Vol. 3

The Industries of Russia, Vol. 3

Author: Russia Ministerstvo Finansov

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-12-08

Total Pages: 622

ISBN-13: 9781334562136

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Excerpt from The Industries of Russia, Vol. 3: Agriculture and Forestry With Coloured Maps Agriculture is the essential element of success of any country; and the enormous extent of fertile plains, watered by immense river systems, has made farming almost instinctive to the Russian people, since the nomadic tribes took upon themselves permanent abodes, and abandoning their continual petty warfares, gradually centralized into a great nation of which to-day the largest number of its inhabitants are devoted to the tilling of the soil. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


A History of Russian Forestry and Its Leaders

A History of Russian Forestry and Its Leaders

Author: V. K. Teplyakov

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 0788184954

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Describes the history and formation of Russian forest policy, legislation, and management from the 8th century to the present time. The beginning of forest science in Russia is described. Advances in soil science, forest ecology, valuation, organization, and management, and the theory of forest use over historical time are discussed. Contributions of influential Russian leaders are described by field and time period. Russian forests comprise 22% of the world's total forests and over half of the world's coniferous forest area and world coniferous growing stock. Illustrated with historical photographs.