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[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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 famine resulted from the combined effects of severe drought,[1] the continued effects of World War I, economic disturbance from the Russian Revolution, the Russian Civil War, and failures in the government policy of war communism (especially prodrazvyorstka). It was exacerbated by rail systems that could not distribute food efficiently.

The famine killed an estimated five million people and primarily affected the Volga and Ural River regions.[2] Many of the starving resorted to cannibalism.[3][4][5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_famine_of_1921%E2%80%931922

[–] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is why it's always worth having fat neighbours who can't run or shoot.

[–] gh0stb4tz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I see you like your human marbled.