Food and Famine

Question 1

Alexander II what was he concerned about that would cause unrest

Answer 1

food shortages would cause unrest

Question 2

Alexander II who did he give power to to deal with famines

Answer 2

the Zemstva were given power to deal with famines

Question 3

Alexander III what date was the famine and how many did it kill

Answer 3

1891 famine killed 350000

Question 4

Alexander III how did he try and deal with the famine

Answer 4

banned exports of grain and set up a special relief lottery

Question 5

Alexander III what did the Government blame the famine on

Answer 5

they banned the famine on poor farming techniques, but the Mendeleev tariff which made grain more expensive was also a factor

Question 6

Nicholas II what were the years of the good harvests and why were there still food shortages

Answer 6

1914-1917, logistical problems meant there were food shortages in the cities

Question 7

Nicholas II who took over the railways and what happened to the food shipments

Answer 7

the railways were taken over by the military meaning that food shipments were often left to rot

Question 8

when and how long were the Nicholas II bread queues

Answer 8

8 hours in st petersburg

Question 9

Lenin who was blamed for the food shortages of 1918 and what were the cheka ordered to do

Answer 9

Kulaks were blamed for food shortages in 1918 and the cheka were ordered to requisition and food surpluses

Question 10

Lenin in 1920 what were the cheka ordered to do

Answer 10

in 1920 the cheka were ordered to seize all food supplies

Question 11

Lenin how did the peasants react to having their food taken

Answer 11

they violently resisted

Question 12

Lenin how many did the 1920-21 famine kill

Answer 12

5 million

Question 13

Lenin what was a consequence of the 1920-21 food famine

Answer 13

food production in Ukraine fell by 20% there were cases of cannibalism

Question 14

Stalin when were there good harvests

Answer 14

1926 to 28

Question 15

Stalin when was requisitioning reintroduced and what method was used to reinforce it

Answer 15

in 1928 requisitioning was reintroduced and the Urals-Siberian method was used in which peasants were rewarded for informing on their neighbours

Question 16

Stalin how many died in the 1932-34 famine and what caused it

Answer 16

the 1932 famine killed 7 million and it was caused by collectivisation

Question 17

Stalin what happened to animals on collectivised farms and why

Answer 17

many animals on collectivised farms froze to death as the barns were too small

Question 18

Stalin by the late 1930s what happened to the consumption of meat or fish

Answer 18

by late 1930s consumption of meat and fish had fallen by 80%

Question 19

Khrushchev what did the virgin land campaign increase

Answer 19

it increased the amount of land used for wheat production

Question 20

Khrushchev why caused the food riots at Novercherkassk and in what date

Answer 20

there were poor harvest in 1962-63 which led to food riots in Novercherkassk in 1963

Question 21

Khrushchev what artificial production did he focus on

Answer 21

Artificial fertiliser production

Question 22

Khrushchev What did he allow regarding peasants farms

Answer 22

He allowed peasants to decide their own cropping pattern

Question 23

Khrushchev how much of the grain harvest in 1956 did the virgin lands produce

Answer 23

50% of the grain harvest

Question 24

Khrushchev What were Some problems with the Virgin Land campaign 3

Answer 24

Too little money was put into fertiliser
In 1962 bad weather had washed all of the topsoil away
There was no way of transporting all the crops

Question 25

Khrushchev when was a minimum wage introduced

Answer 25

1956