The famine of 1921-22 in the Crimea and the Volga basin and the relief from Turkey.

From: Middle Eastern Studies | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: Kirimli, Hakan | Copyright information

In 1921-22, a famine of unprecedented proportions swept through several regions of Soviet Russia. Although crop failures and even large-scale famines had been plentiful if not periodical in Russian history, what occurred then surpassed anything in the past in terms of both its geographical magnitude and the number of people who suffered from it.

The impending disaster had been signalled already in 1920. Then Russia was severely enfeebled by the combined calamities of a ...

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