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[โ€“] Sanctus@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

The 1930s famine in the USSR was certainly a tragedy, but after collectivization of agriculture, the food supply in the USSR was stabilized, and famine eliminated (outside World War II) in a region where famine was common pre-collectivization.