TheMinistry of Forestry (Russian:Министерство лесного хозяйства СССР) was agovernment ministry in theSoviet Union in charge of the protection and management of forest resources.
On 2 July 1936, theMain Administration of Forest Conservation and Forestation under theCouncil of People's Commissars USSR was formed by decree of theCentral Executive Committee and Council of People's Commissars.[1]
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 thePresidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR.[1]
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