1921–1922 famine in Tatarstan
The 1921–1922 famine in Tatarstan was a period of mass starvation and drought that took place in the Tatar ASSR as a result of the Russian Civil War, in which 500,000 to 2,000,000 peasants died. The event was part of the greater Russian famine of 1921–22 that affected other parts of what became the Soviet Union, in which up 5,000,000 people died in total. According to Roman Serbyn, a professor of Russian and East European history, the Tatarstan famine was the first man-made famine in the Soviet Union and systematically targeted ethnic minorities such as Volga Tatars and Volga Germans.
| 1921–1922 famine in Tatarstan | |
|---|---|
Victims of the famine in Buzuluk, 1921 | |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Location | Tatar ASSR |
| Period | 1921–1922 |
| Total deaths | 500,000–2,000,000 |
| Causes | Failures of collectivization |
| Relief | Aid provided by the Tatpomgol, Workers International Relief, and American Relief Administration |
| Effect on demographics | 10% of the Tatar ASSR population died while another 13% fled to other parts of the country |
| Preceded by | Russian famine of 1891–92 |
| Succeeded by | Soviet famine of 1932–33 |
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