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Site of memory · The Russian Revolution, 1905–1924
The Volga famine
1921–22 — Drought, requisition and ruin starve the Volga; perhaps five million die. American Relief Administration food keeps millions alive — an uncomfortable rescue the regime accepts and later hides. A memorial and a moral ledger.
This is one scene of Chapter 11 — Victors Against the People in The Russian Revolution, 1905–1924.
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