The Soviet leadership called for rapid cultivation of virgin and fallow land, especially in Kazakhstan and Siberia. The campaign mobilized hundreds of thousands of workers and settlers, expanded grain production, and transformed steppe ecologies and land use, often overriding local knowledge and Kazakh pastoral livelihoods.
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Where did the Virgin Lands campaign focus most of its new cultivation?
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The campaign focused heavily on Kazakhstan and Siberia and altered land use and pastoral livelihoods.
The Virgin Lands campaign left Kazakh pastoral land use unchanged.
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It plowed large areas of steppe and altered pastoral livelihoods and ecosystems.