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An American charity postcard showing the scale of the deadly Russian famine of 1921–1922. Throughout Russian history famines, droughts and crop failures occurred on the territory of Russia, the Russian Empire and the USSR on more or less regular basis. From the beginning of the 11th to the end of the 16th century, on the territory of Russia ...
The famine area in the fall of 1921. 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 1891–1892 famine in the Russian Empire, sometimes called the Tsar Famine, Tsar's Famine or Black Earth Famine, began along the Volga River and spread as far as the Urals and Black Sea. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] During the famine, an epidemic also raged, in total 375,000-400,000 died from disease.
Famine in Volga German colonies in Russia. One-third of the entire population perished [125] [unreliable source?] Russia: 1924–1925: Minor famine in Ireland due to heavy rain: Irish Free State [citation needed] 1926 Famine in Darfur [126] Darfur, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: 1928–1929: Famine in Ruanda-Burundi, causing large migrations to the ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Russian famine of 1601–1603; Russian famine of 1891–1892;
The ARA's famine relief operations ran in parallel with much smaller Mennonite, Jewish and Quaker famine relief operations in Russia. [4] [5] 1921 ARA poster saying "The Gift of the American People" in Russian. The ARA's operations in Russia were shut down on June 15, 1923, after it was discovered that Russia under Lenin had renewed the export ...
At the height of the famine, 28,000 people were dying daily, even as food and grain continued to flow to Russia. “Parents take whatever they find to their children, but they die themselves,” a ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This list may not reflect recent changes. ... Russian famine of 1921–1922;