The Soviets and the Famine

In the spring of 19 21, roughly 25 % of russian peasants were already starving from a long winter after the failures of 19 20. The spreading urse of malnourishment brought with it a secondary wave of disease and sickness as typhus and cholera started taking over entire communities severely weakened by hunger. Many tried to flee their homes for literally greener pastures. But the government stopped allowing outbound trains to leave these areas to stop those empty stomachs from overwhelming other parts of a clearly shaky system. With no other options, they would have to go hat in hand to the people they had spent their lives trying to overthrow with great proclamations about how much better