Kazakh famine of 1919–1922
The Kazakh famine of 1919–1922, also referred to as the Turkestan famine of 1919–1922, was a period of mass starvation and drought that took place in the Kirghiz ASSR (present-day Kazakhstan) and Turkestan ASSR as a result of the Russian Civil War, in which 400,000 to 750,000 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 to 10,000,000 people died in total.
| Kazakh famine of 1919–1922 | |
|---|---|
Map of the Kirghiz ASSR and Turkestan ASSR, 1922 | |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Location | Kirghiz ASSR and Turkestan ASSR |
| Period | 1919–1922 |
| Total deaths | 100,000–1million |
| Causes | Droughts, failures of collectivization and Prodrazvyorstka |
| Relief | Aid provided by the Workers International Relief, and American Relief Administration |
| Effect on demographics | 10% to 19% of the Kazakh population died |
| Preceded by | Russian famine of 1891–92 |
| Succeeded by | Kazakh famine of 1932–33 |
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