Reading Solzhenitsyn's '200 Years Together' w/ Dr. Matthew Raphael Johnson - Episodes 1-10
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Derzhaven's Response to the Belarus Famine
This chapter explores the famine in white Russia during Paul I's reign, focusing on the efforts of poet Derzhaven who intervened by confiscating grain from negligent landowners. His decisive actions helped alleviate suffering by redistributing food to starving peasants and mobilizing support from wealthier landowners.
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