What the records say
- When
- 1921 – 1922
- Kind
- Famine
- Coordinates
- 55.00° N, 50.00° E
- Description
- part of the Russian man-made famine of 1921-23 in the Volga region
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Russian famine of 1921–1922
Famine in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
The Russian famine of 1921–1922, also known as the Povolzhye 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…
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