The Soviet Famine of 1931–1934: Genocide, a Result of Poor Harvests, or the Outcome of a Conflict Between the State and the Peasants?

2019/06/26 by С. А. Нефедов, Michael Ellman · 3 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Computer science #Development economics #Economic system #Economics #European history and politics #Famine #French Historical and Cultural Studies #Genocide #Law #Mathematical economics #Outcome (game theory) #Political economy #Political science #Soviet and Russian History #State (computer science)

paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/09668136.2019.1617464

published in Europe Asia Studies 71(6), 1048-1065 (Routledge)

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Abstract

Interpretation of the Soviet famine of 1931–1934 (mainly in 1933) has long given rise to controversy. Publication of a Russian monograph by the leading spokesman for Russia in the international debates on the famine provides an opportunity both to analyse this Russian interpretation and to sum up the present state of knowledge about the famine and its causes.

Citations

• Stalin and the Soviet famine of 1932 – 33 Revisited
• The Role of Leadership Perceptions and of Intent in the Soviet Famine of 1931 – 1934
• A new estimate of Ukrainian population losses during the crises of the 1930s and 1940s
• The 1932 Harvest and the Famine of 1933

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• Holodomor genocide question [wikipedia]