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Title

Climate dependence and food problems in Russia, 1900-1990 : the interaction of climate and agricultural policy and their effect on food problems / by Nikolai M. Dronin and Edward G. Bellinger.

Author

Dronin, N. M.

Publication

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, c2005.

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Additional Authors

Bellinger, E. G.

Description

xvii, 366 p. : ill.; 24 cm

Summary

"This book explores the interconnections between climate, policy and agriculture in Russia and the former Soviet Union between 1900 and 1990. During this period there were several instances of grain and other food shortages, some of which reached disaster proportions resulting in mass famine and death on an unprecedented scale." "Several new sources of information not previously available as well as official documents and other sources have been used to explore the extent to which policy and vagaries in climate conspired to affect agricultural yields."--Jacket.

Subjects

• Crops and climate > Russia
• Agriculture and state > Russia
• Agriculture and state > Soviet Union
• Crops and climate > Soviet Union

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-360) and index.

Contents

Introduction: climate and agriculture in Russia -- The availability and reliability of statistical agricultural data for Russia -- The pre-revolutionary period (before 1916) -- The post-revolutionary decade (1917-1928) -- The Stalin era (1929-1953) -- The post-Stalin period (after 1953) -- Summary -- The pre-revolutionary period (1900-1916) -- Major developments in agriculture -- Weather variations and agricultural production -- Food problems -- Summary -- The post-revolutionary period (1917-1928) -- Major developments in agriculture -- Weather variations and agricultural production -- Food problems -- Summary -- The collectivization of Soviet agriculture (1929-1940) -- Major developments in agriculture -- Weather variations and agricultural production -- Food problems -- Summary -- The post-war recovery period (1945-1954) -- Major developments in agriculture -- Weather variations and agricultural production -- Food problems -- Summary -- The virgin lands campaign (1955-1964) -- Major developments in agriculture -- Weather variations and agricultural production -- Food problems -- Summary -- The period of agricultural intensification (1965-1975) -- Major developments in agriculture -- Weather variations and agricultural production -- Food problems -- Summary -- The period of agricultural stagnation (1976-1990) -- Major developments in agriculture -- Weather variations and agricultural production -- Food problems -- Summary.

Call Number

JFE 14-530

ISBN

• 9637326103 (cloth)
• 9789637326103 (cloth)
• 963732609X (pbk.)
• 9789637326097 (pbk.)

LCCN

2005006451

OCLC

58456728

Author

Dronin, N. M.

Title

Climate dependence and food problems in Russia, 1900-1990 : the interaction of climate and agricultural policy and their effect on food problems / by Nikolai M. Dronin and Edward G. Bellinger.

Imprint

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, c2005.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-360) and index.

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Bellinger, E. G.

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Online version: Dronin, N.M. Climate dependence and food problems in Russia, 1900-1990. Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, c2005 (OCoLC)654794660

Research Call Number

JFE 14-530