THE 1954 VIRGIN LAND CAMPAIGN IN THE NATIONAL HISTORIOGRAPHY

The cultivation of virgin and fallow lands in the eastern regions of the USSR, which began in 1954, was one of the most significant economic and political campaigns in the agrarian sector of the country's economy. This article analyzes the specifics of studying the history of virgin land campaign by domestic researchers at the Soviet and post-Soviet peroids. The range of main authors and basic thematic directions of the problem analysis, scientists' conclusions concerning the causes, methods, course, results and historical significance of the virgin lands campaign are revealed.