Forest Industries in the U.S.S.R.

In 1966 the Russian Academy of Science published “Geography of Forest Industries” by V. D. Gorovoj and G. A. Privalovskaja. According to the article one-third of the U.S.S.R. is forested – a total of about 1.8 billion acres. Four-fifths of this forested area is in the Asian part of U.S.S.R. Approximately 93.2 percent of area is covered with basic forest-farming species. The remaining part is occupied by the mountain and dwarf Siberian pine, central Asian juniper and purple osier. The percentage distribution is 72.7 percent softwoods largely larch (38 percent), pine (16 percent), spruce (12 percent), Swiss stone pine (5 percent) and fir (2 percent) and 20.5 percent hardwoods including birch (13 percent), aspen (2 percent), oak (1 percent) and lesser amounts of beech, basswood, alder, ash, elm and maple. Forest industries have increased 5.7 times from 1913 to 1964. The large plants have a value in excess of 50 million rubles based upon 1955 prices and employ as many as 10,000 persons. Based upon 1960 figures the efficiency of U.S.S.R. plants is given as yields for 100 cubic meters of material; sawtimber 28.7 cubic meters, plywood 0.4 cubic meters, paper 0.7 tons, cardboard 0.2 tons, and fiberboard 0.1 tons.

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