Soviet Union History Famine, 1921-1922
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- Work cat.: Uri︠a︡dova, A. Golod 1920-kh gg. v Rossii i Russkoe zarubezhʹe, 2010:p. 33 (drought produced serious crop failure and famine in Volga Region, Urals Region, northern Kazakhstan, western Siberia, Ukraine and Crimea)
- Revoli︠u︡t︠s︡ii︠a︡ i grazhdanskai︠a︡ voĭna v Rossii, 1917-1923, 2008(Famine in the Volga Region 1921-1922; drought and massive famine not limited to Volga Region, but included southern Ukraine, Crimea, Bashkiria, part of Kazakhstan, the Urals Region and western Siberia)
- Wikipedia, 30 Aug. 2010(The Russian famine of 1921, also known as Povolzhye famine, which began in the early spring of that year, and lasted through 1922, was a severe famine that occurred in Bolshevik Russia. The famine, which killed an estimated 5 million, affected mostly the Volga-Ural region)
- Encyclopedia of Ukraine, viewed online 30 Aug. 2010(Famine of 1921-1923; began 1921, continued through summer of 1922; deaths continued through 1923)
- Soviethistory.org, viewed online 30 Aug. 2010(Famine of 1921-1922)
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The Russian famine of 1921–1922, also known as the Povolzhye famine (Russian: Голод в Поволжье 'Volga region famine'), was a severe famine in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic that began early in the spring of 1921 and lasted until 1922. The famine resulted from the combined effects of severe drought, the continued effects of World War I, economic disturbance from the Russian Revolution, the Russian Civil War, and failures in the government policy of war communism (especially prodrazvyorstka). It was exacerbated by rail systems that could not distribute food efficiently. The famine killed an estimated five million people and primarily affected the Volga and Ural River regions. Many of the starving resorted to cannibalism. The outbreaks of diseases such as cholera and typhus were also contributing factors to famine casualties.
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