The Bread of Affliction

The Food Supply in the USSR during World War II

By:

William Moskoff

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies

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This book tells how the Soviet Union fed itself after the invasion by the Germans during World War II. The author argues that central planning became much less important in feeding the population, and civilians were thereby forced to become considerably more self reliant in feeding themselves. A rationing system was instituted soon after the war began, but quickly became irrelevant because of the chronic food shortages. The breakdown in central supplies of food was accompanied by the diminished importance of the rouble, which in many places was replaced by bread and clothing as the medium of exchange. Although the Soviet army was given high precedence over civilians, the author also shows that the population living under German occupation was much worse off than were Soviet civilians living in the rear. In addition to extensive use of American and German archives from the war period, the author interviewed more than thirty Soviet emigres who survived the war.

Release date Australia

October 26th, 1990

Author

William Moskoff

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

40 Tables, unspecified

Pages

274

Series

Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies

Dimensions

152x229x19

ISBN-13

9780521374996

Product ID

1769901

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