Mar 19, 2024 · The Russian famine of 1921-22 was one of the worst disasters of the 20th century. Triggered by natural causes but magnified by human policies and actions, the famine left …

Jan 20, 2022 · The Soviet famine of 1932-1933 has been described as a genocide of Ukrainians. Indeed, the period is referred to as ‘Holodomor’, combining the Ukrainian words for hunger …

Apr 4, 2011 · This was America’s menu for the starving millions in Soviet Russia during the 1921-23 famine – one of the greatest human disasters in Europe since the Black Death.

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 …

"The Russian Famine of 1921-1922 is the worst, both as regards the numbers affected and as regards mortality from starvation and disease, which has occurred in Europe in modern times" …

In 1921 one of the most devastating famines in history threatened the lives of millions of Russians as well as the continuance of Soviet rule. Responding to a plea for help from the Soviet …

Jun 10, 2016 · The Russian famine relief effort of 1921–1922 became the first large-scale international humanitarian mission beyond the scope of the European and American empires. …

…was part of a broader Soviet famine (1931–34) that also caused mass starvation in the grain-growing regions of Soviet Russia and Kazakhstan. The Ukrainian famine, however, was made …

famine was a man-made famine in the sense of Amartya Sen's famous thesis that no famine takes place under democracy: politics is to blame for modern famines, including the Soviet …

Jun 26, 2019 · Publication of a Russian monograph by the leading spokesman for Russia in the international debates on the famine provides an opportunity both to analyse this Russian …