The Ministry of Forestry (russian: Министерство лесного хозяйства СССР) was a

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in the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

in charge of the protection and management of forest resources.

History

On 2 July 1936, the Main Administration of Forest Conservation and Forestation under the

Council of People's Commissars The Councils of People's Commissars (SNK; russian: Совет народных комиссаров (СНК), ''Sovet narodnykh kommissarov''), commonly known as the ''Sovnarkom'' (Совнарком), were the highest executive authorities of ...

USSR was formed by decree of the Central Executive Committee and Council of People's Commissars. On 4 April 1947, the union-republic Ministry of Forestry with ministries of forestries in all union republics was formed on the basis of the Main Administration of Forest Conservation (apparently a change in name occurred between 1936 and 1947) under the Council of Ministers USSR by ukase of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR.

List of ministers

''Source'': * German Motovilov (4.4.1947 - 20.11.1948) * Aleksandr Bovin (20.11.1948 - 15.3.1953)

References

Forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. Th ...

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