苏联绝大部分的可耕地都在森林草原及草原地区。在生长季内这些地区的土壤,往往不能满足农作物所需的水分,在个别的年份产量很低。干旱袭击着伏尔加河流域、中心黑土带地区,顿河、北高加索、乌克兰和摩尔达维亚的南部与东部、库卢恩季斯克和巴拉夫恩斯克草原,哈萨克的荒地与熟荒地等地方,为了与自然灾害作斗争,在干旱的地区营造防护林是具有很大意义的。在俄罗斯营造防护林的工作开展得比其它国家早。但大规模的营造及制订防护林规划,是十月革命以 Most of the arable land in the Soviet Union is in the grasslands and prairie regions. The soil in these areas during the growing season often fails to meet the water requirements of the crops and yields are very low in individual years. Drought has hit places such as the Volga Basin, the central black belt, the Don, the North Caucasus, the southern and eastern parts of Ukraine and Moldavia, the Kurunitsk and Paranavsk grasslands, the wasteland and wasteland of Kazakhstan, In order to combat natural disasters, it is of great significance to create shelterbelt in arid areas. The construction of shelterbelts in Russia takes place earlier than in other countries. However, large-scale construction and development of shelterbelt plan is the October revolution