Severe drought followed several years of poor precipitation. The crop failure interacted with procurement, distribution, and reconstruction policy to produce a famine that struck Ukraine and...
Archival records and survivor testimony document hunger, disease, and rising mortality in the Moldavian SSR. The crisis was especially severe in Bessarabia and southern districts, where drought,...
Moldavian archival records document emergency relief measures as famine mortality rose, including soup kitchens and assistance for children. Such efforts were limited and uneven; people also relied on...