Climate Dependence and Food Problems in Russia, 1900-1990 - Nikolai M. (Lecturer Dronin - Bog

Between 1900 and 1990, there were several periods of grain and other food shortages in Russia and the former Soviet Union, some of which reached disaster proportions resulting in mass famine and death on an unprecedented scale. This title explores the extent to which policy and vagaries in climate conspired to affect agricultural yields.