Soviet famine of 1930–1933
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The Soviet famine of 1930–1933 was a famine in the major grain-producing areas of the Soviet Union, including Ukraine and parts of Russia. Major factors included the forced collectivization of agricul
A starving man lying on the ground in the Ukrainian SSR
Starved peasants on a street in Kharkiv, 1933
The inscription says "At this place will be a monument to famine victims of the years 1931–1933" in the center of Almaty, Kazakhstan. The upper half is in Kazakh language, the lower part is in Russian.
At least three of Mikhail Gorbachev's ethnic Russian relatives were victims of the 1932–1933 famine in the Stavropol Krai region
Joseph Stalin
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Joseph Stalin was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who ruled the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Sov
Soviet famine of 1930–1933
…the Soviet Union. In addition, 50 to 70 million Soviet citizens starved during the famine but ultimately survived. During this period Soviet leader Joseph Stalin ordered the kulaks (land-owning proprietors) "to be liquidated as a class". As collectivization expanded, the persecution of the kulaks, ongoing since…
Stalin at the Tehran Conference in 1943
Police photo of Stalin, 1902
First issue of Pravda, of which Stalin served as an early editor
Stalin in 1917 as a young People's Commissar