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Soviet postwar famine (1946–47)

On the Stalin’s Soviet Union map as “The famine of 1946–47”

1946–1947 — Drought and a ruthless procurement drive brought famine back to Moldavia, Ukraine and parts of Russia. Between about 1 and 1.5 million people died. Throughout the famine, the state retained large grain reserves and continued to export grain.

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Site of memory
Chapter
High Stalinism (1945–53) (chapter 11 of Stalin’s Soviet Union)
Atlas
The Soviet Union under Stalin, 1924–1953
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Map showing Soviet postwar famine (1946–47), site of memory in The Soviet Union under Stalin, 1924–1953
SITE OF MEMORY · THE SOVIET UNION UNDER STALIN, 1924–1953

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