American Relief Administration

Famine in Volga region prompts international relief appeal

📅 15 July 1921

As drought, war damage, requisitioning and economic disruption produced catastrophic hunger, Maxim Gorky appealed internationally for aid. The famine of 1921–22 killed millions. Soviet authorities...

American Relief Administration agreement concluded

📅 20 August 1921

The Soviet government and the American Relief Administration concluded an agreement on 20 August 1921 to organize large-scale food relief. The operation fed millions during the famine, demonstrating...