Hostile to the peasant and devoted to centralized authority, the Communist bureaucracy under Stalin sent out imperious orders telling the farmers when and what to plant, when and where to …

Conditions were best in the temperate chernozem (black earth) belt stretching from Ukraine through southern Russia into the east, spanning the extreme southern portions of Siberia. In …

Ukrainians carry a sack of potatoes during the late Soviet era. In its nearly 70 years of existence, the Soviet Union witnessed tragic famines, regular food supply crises and countless …

Oct 5, 2015 · Well, firstly, actually using the produce wouldn't have raised prices as much (as far as Communist propaganda goes, the AAA is actually a fairly legitimate target, in my opinion), …

Purpose-This article seeks to investigate differences and similarities in how communist states respond to famine conditions, focusing on North Korea as a central case study. The purpose is …

Apr 16, 2019 · Cruel efforts under Stalin to impose collectivism and tamp down Ukrainian nationalism left an estimated 3.9 million dead. Children collect frozen potatoes in a collective …

May 26, 2024 · The potato is perhaps history‘s ultimate "disruptive technology" – a seeming novelty that quietly and completely revolutionized societies and economies before suddenly …

Apr 16, 2019 · Potatoes were a staple, featured in nearly every dish. Back in the USSR, with a food shortage stemming from communism, there were only a handful of dishes people could …

Aug 9, 1999 · With unprecedented help from his “imperialist” enemies, the United States and South Korea, the Stalinist leader has embarked on a major campaign to upgrade North Korean …

Oct 28, 2018 · When the North Korean party organ, Rodong Sinmun, declared “We have started to see the potato revolution as an ideological revolution”, people naturally understood what …