1921–1922 famine in Tatarstan

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The 1921–1922 famine in Tatarstan was a result of war communism policy, realized in Tatar ASSR as well as elsewhere in the USSR. It started in autumn 1921. More than 2,000,000 peasants starved, particularly in Arsk, Sviyazhsk, Mamadysh, Menzelinsk, Spassk, Tetyushi and Chelny kantons.

At the end of 1921, the special committee Tatpomgol was established to cope with the famine. Right up to August 1922, Tatpomgol imported 8,000,000 pood (Russian pounds) of food, including 2,000,000 pounds of seed, with a loan. From the affected regions, 210,000 people, mostly children, were evacuated to Central Asia, Belarus and Siberia.

The emergency feeding points were established throughout the republic. The Soviet government invited international organizations, such as International Workers Relief and American Relief Administration to improve the situation. On July 1, 1922, more than 1,600,000 were fed at those emergency points. The number of the victims is estimated at 400,000 to 600,000. Of the total number of farms, 86,000 disappeared (16.2% of total). After the famine, the leadership of the republic was dismissed.

See also

• Droughts and famines in Russia and the USSR
• Holodomor

References

• (Tatar) "Açlıq 1921-1922, Tatarstanda/Ачлык 1921-22, Татарстанда". Tatar Encyclopedia. Kazan: Tatarstan Republic Academy of Sciences Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.