CAUSES OF THE RUSSIAN FAMINE (1921) by Stefan Kotzamanis

MAXIM GORKY - 1922

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THE HARVEST OF SORROW - ROBERT CONQUEST

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The Rise and Fall of Communist Nations 1917-1994 - Anna M. Cienciala

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"The "Left," led by Trotsky and supported by the economist Yevgeny A. Preobrazhensky ( 1886-1937, liquidated in the purges), wanted to "bleed" the peasants by collectivizing the farms, and thus control production and prices. The difference between state prices for food produce paid to the collective farms and the higher prices at which they would be sold in state shops in the towns was to provide investment capital for industrialization."

Lenin and the First Communist Revolutions, VII - George Mason University

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"After the fruit of their labor had been seized, farmers generally decided there was no point in growing a surplus. Moreover, since seed grain was often taken, many peasants were unable to grow surplus crops even if they wished. When the perverse incentives of price controls and expropriation were mixed with a drought, the result was one of the great disasters of the century: the Russian famine of 1921. Official Soviet reports admitted that fully 30 million Soviet citizens were in danger of death by starvation. The White forces shared little of the blame: as Pipes notes, the Civil War was essentially over by the beginning of 1920, but Lenin continued his harsh exploitation of the peasantry for yet another year"

WAR COMMUNSIM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAmgA2VpwQc

WAR COMMUNISM

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LENIN AS CITED IN HARVEST OF SORROW - ROBERT CONQUEST

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"Practically, we took all the surplus grain - and sometimes even not only surplus grain but part of the grain the peasants needed for food" This was able to be achieved courtesy of a January 1919 decree that calculated the amount to requisition on what the state needed as opposed to the peasant. In May 1918 it was easier on the peasant as the requisition amount was based on double the peasant's needs.

On the Trail of the Russian Famine - Frank Alfred Golder, Lincoln Hutchinson

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COMMUNIST MANIFESTO - KARL MARX

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1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralisation of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal liability of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production

RUSSIA TODAY

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be careful of bias!

IDENTIFY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES ARE RELEVANT TO YOUR GROUP'S 'CAUSE' OF THE RUSSIAN FAMINE OF 1921 AND USE THE INFORMATION FOR YOUR DEBATE.

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FIREBALLS: A HISTORY OF METEORS AND OTHER ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA - CRAIG R. HIPKINS

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OTHER SOURCES TO CHECK OUT

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R. PIPES - RUSSIA UNDER THE BOLSHEVIK REGIME, 1919-1924 F. FURET - PASSING OF AN ILLUSION L. TROTSKY - MY LIFE (CHAPTER 38 FOR HIS ADVICE TO LENIN) Y. A. YAKOVLEV - A CENTURY OF VIOLENCE IN SOVIET RUSSIA