Which campaign, launched in 1954 under Nikita Khrushchev, ploughed millions of hectares of steppe in northern Kazakhstan for wheat?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. The Virgin Lands Campaign
- Step 1: The Soviet Union wanted to solve its grain shortage. Step 2. Hundreds of thousands of settlers came to the steppe. Answer: The Virgin Lands Campaign. Why not the others: The others were campaigns in other countries or other types.
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