In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution and years of bitter civil war communism swept through battered Russia and its environs. The disorder following the coup d'état exacerbated the desparation of an already struggling population in Soviet Russia. In a series of famines ranging from 1921 to 1934, the government of the Soviet Union initially lacked the capabilities to address the needs of the people and later showed the shift to the brutal Machiavellian policies that would bring about the death of thousands of people. These policies were a harsh blow to the scattered country populace and reports began to surface that people had resorted to cannibalism as a source of nourishment. |
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