苏联的森林,约占全世界森林总量五分之一,是世界最大的林产国。苏联的木材出口,在国际,在国内,都是首屈一指的,为出口上的首要项目。在一九三九年,占出口总值的百分之二十五,在苏联的国民经济上确是具有重大意义和价值的。从苏联欧洲部分极西的波罗的海起,到远东太平洋的堪察加止,除了北极圈的鲜苔极地冻土带和南边的草原带和沙漠带以外,中间绵延着一片阔大的,海洋似的森林地区,覆盖着苏联领土面积的三分之一。其中分布在欧洲部分的占百分之十七,在西伯利亚的占百分之七九·四,在中亚的占百分之三·四,在其他地方的占百分之○·二,全部总面积几达七亿公顷之多。在苏联,接近北极海沿岸,北纬七十度以北的极地冻土带,因 The forest of the Soviet Union, accounting for about one fifth of the total forest in the world, is the largest forest country in the world. The timber exports of the Soviet Union, both internationally and domestically, are second to none, being the foremost export items. In 1939, 25% of the total value of exports was indeed of great significance and value to the national economy of the Soviet Union. From the Baltic Sea in the extreme western part of the Soviet Union to the Kamchatka in the Far East Pacific, except for the polar polar tundra in the Arctic Circle and the grassland zone and desert zone in the south, there is a large, marine-like The forest area, which covers one third of the area of ​​the Soviet territory. Of these, 17% are distributed in the European part, 79.4% in Siberia, 3.4% in Central Asia and 0.2% in other places The total area of ​​almost 700 million hectares. In the Soviet Union, close to the Arctic Sea coast, polar tundra north of latitude 70 degrees