Volma Forestry District

Volma Forestry District is located in the southwest part of Smolevichy Forestry on the territory of Smolevichy and Minsk administrative areas of Minsk region. It was founded in 1968 on the parts of forests belonging to Kolodischy and Petrovichy Forestry Districts. Originally it occupied an area of  6123 ha. When forests and acres that belonged to collective farms and grew out of agricultural use were added to the forestry, its area was 6640 ha, including covered with forest— 5918 ha. Nowadays there are 2 foreman sites and 11 rounds in the forestry.

The forestry is located in the subzone of deciduous spruce forests, in Oshmyany-Minsk-Borisov complex of woodland. There are no great rivers on its territory.

The reservoir ‘Volma’ (its area is 5 square kilometres) is made on the base of the river Volma to support  a hydrological regime of Minsk water intake boreholes.

Meanwhile, there is a developed transport network of public usage, highways Brest-Moscow and the National Airport Minsk. The railway Minsk-Moscow is in the northern part of the forestry, the branch line Smolevichy-The National Airport is in the east. Besides, the woodland is covered with earth roads and enhanced earth roads of general and forestry purpose. There are 3 agricultural enterprises and The National Airport ‘Minsk-2” on the territory of the forestry.

Drachkovo Forestry Disctrict

Drachkovo Forestry District is located in the southern part of Smolevichy Forestry on the territory of Smolevichy administrative region.

The total area of the forestry is 8989 ha.

All the forests belong to the 1^st group of forests. The proportion of woodland in the total forestry area is 93,4%

On the territory of the forestry there are specially protected areas: the biological preserve of the state significance “Pekalinskiy” with an area of 2339,9 ha, the botanical preserve of the local significance “Mayak” with an area of 213,7 ha, the botanical preserve of the local significance “Kalyugi” with an area of 78,7 ha. On the area of 78,9 ha there rare and precinctive plants,  on the territory of 14,5 ha there are habitats of rare animals.

Drachkovo Forestry District was among the first four districts that were affiliated to the new Smolevichy Forestry in 1938. Then, it was called Petrovichy and occupied an area of  9105 ha. During the war the forestry functioning was suspended. The forestry restarted its work only after the liberation of Belarus on July, 1 21 1944.

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Zhodino Forestry District

Zhodino Forestry District is located in the northeast part of Smolevichy administrative area in Minsk region. In the southeast it borders on Klennick Forestry District, in the northwest it borders on Yurievo Forestry District, in the southwest –on Smolevichy Forestry, in the east – on Borisov Forestry.

Zhodino Forestry was founded on July, 1 1962. Its office address is 32, Moskovskaya Str., Zhodino.The climate of the region is mild and it is formed under the influence of air masses of middle latitudes and solitary entries of arctic and tropical air.

There is a relict lake Sudobl, the river Plissa (its length is 45 km) on the territory of the Forestry.

In Smolevichy region there is a developed transport network of public usage. The railway Minsk-Moscow runs from west to east of the region, there are also highways Brest-Russian border, Minsk-Borisov, Logoisk-Cherven, Smolevichy-Zhodino.Besides, the woodland is covered with earth roads and enhanced earth roads of general and forestry purpose. Zhodino, the industrial centre, famous for its enterprises (“BELAZ”, “Svitanok” knitting factory, blacksmith’s plant), is situated on the territory of the Forestry. Before 2000 the area of the Zhodino Forestry was 9153 ha. In May 2000 Yurievo Forestry District was founded on the base of Usyazh and Zhodino Forestry Districts and collective forests. The area became smaller. There are 3 foreman sites and 13 rounds. Now the area of Zhodino Forestry District is  8236 ha (covered with forest — 7366 ha).

There is a hydrological nature memorial “Sudobl” with an area of 300 ha on the territory of the Forestry. There are also woodland parts of green zones, where felling s forbidden.

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Klennick Forestry District

Klennick Forestry District is located in the east part of Smolevichy and Cherven administrative areas in Minsk region, 24 kilometres away from Smolevichy and the forestry office, in a subzone of deciduous-spruce forests.

Potichevo(Klennick) Forestry Disctrict was first founded in January 1940, its area was 12 589 ha. During the Great Patriotic War the forestry work was suspended. It was re-organized after the liberation of the Republic on July 12, 1944.

Today the total area of the Klennick Forestry has risen to 11 429 ha thanks for taking over the lands of collective farms and other lands. The forest-covered area is 9 236.

There are specially protected objects of the local significance on its territory such as the hydrological preserve “Rademye” (agricultural lands, high-water bed of the Macon river, - 30ha) and the hydrological preserve “Podostrovye” (water protection zone of the Macon river – 108 ha). In 1996 a hunting preserve was formed. Its area was 7 163 ha. There are habitats of rare and endangered animals and birds where felling of general use is forbidden. The volume of afforestation grows yearly due to the final harvest volume gain.

Smolevichy Forestry District

Smolevichy Forestry District is located in the central part of the forestry on the territory of Smolevichy administrative area in Minsk region. The forestry district is 0.5 km away from the forestry office and the centre of the region.

Smolevichy Forestry District was founded in 1938. In January 1949 its area was 7030 ha. During the Great Patriotic War large areas of wood were burned and cut down. The forestry work was suspended then. After the liberation of the Republic of the German invaders the forestry restarted its work. In October 1954 Smolevichy Forestry was liquidated and Smolevichy Forestry District was transferred to Minsk Forestry. However, on July, 1 1962 the Forestry was re-organized. It consisted of 4 forestry districts and had an area of 28, 8 ha. Smolevichy Forestry District was a part of it.

There are 13 rounds in the forestry districts, two team of workers, each of the team has 3-4 workers.

There’s always a lot of work in the forestry. Although its territory is quite small – only 5 738 ha, among them covered with forest- 5 300 ha, the logging plan is considerable – about 15 00 cubic metres a year. As the rated logging site of the final harvest is small – only 100 cubic metres –the major felling is done at severance felling sites, connected with spruce forest drying, intermediate felling sites, selectively sanitary and solid sanitary felling sites.

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Usyazh Forestry District

Initially the territory of Usyazh Forestry District was a foreman site of Smolevichy Forestry, until 1970 when it grew due to field woodland. Since then the history of may be the most problematic district of Smolevichy Forestry has started. Until 2000 the area of the district was large – it stretched to the Mount of Glory and a highway Airport-Raubichy in the west, to a highway leading to Vitsebsk and Zhodino-Deniski in the north, to the forests of Borisov firing ground and Zhodino Forestry in the east, to old Moscow highway in the south. A part of areas reached Domoshany.

Because of its dispersedness the forestry covered almost half of Smolevichy region. Only in 200 its part was separated as Yurievo Forestry District was formed. The work got a little easier, but not much. Nowadays the total area of the Forestry is 4 211 ha. The area covered with wood is 3 221 ha. There are 12 rounds in the forestry.

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Yurievo Forestry District

Yurievo Forestry District was founded in 2002 by separating the two adjacent districts– Usyazh and Zhodino Forestry District. The forestry became as large as it is today only in 2005, when the land of military Borisov forestry which had been closed down was transferred to its disposal. So, the forestry is quite new with very little history.

Nowadays its area is 8 216 ha, among them covered with forest – 6 809 ha. On average 2500-3000 cubic metres of wood is logged in main cutting sites. About 150 ha refer to selective sanitary felling. The plan for the forestry is about 800 cubic metres of wood a month, the average felling is closer to 1000 cubic metres. If the forestry have requests from other enterprises the felling may go up to 2 500 cubic metres of liquid wood.