Regional variations of 1932-34 famine losses in Ukraine

Yearly estimates of urban and rural direct losses (excess deaths) from the 1932–34 famine are presented for the oblasts of Soviet Ukraine. Contrary to expectations, the highest losses are not found in the grain-producing southern oblasts, but in the north-central Kyiv and Kharkiv oblasts. Several hy...

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Published in:Canadian studies in population 2016-10, Vol.43 (3-4), p.1
Main Authors: Wolowyna, Oleh, Plokhy, Serhii, Levchuk, Nataliia, Rudnytskyi, Omelan, Shevchuk, Pavlo, Kovbasiuk, Alla
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Economic analysis
Famine
Grain
Historical analysis
Hypothesis testing
Mortality
Political factors
Regions
Studies
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Summary:Yearly estimates of urban and rural direct losses (excess deaths) from the 1932–34 famine are presented for the oblasts of Soviet Ukraine. Contrary to expectations, the highest losses are not found in the grain-producing southern oblasts, but in the north-central Kyiv and Kharkiv oblasts. Several hypotheses are proposed and tested to explain this finding. No single hypothesis provides a comprehensive explanation. Losses in some oblasts are due to specific factors, while losses in other oblasts seem to be explained by a combination of economic and political factors. Quantitative analyses are presented of resistance and Soviet repressions in 1932, and effects of the food assistance program and historical-political factors on direct losses in 1933 are analyzed.
ISSN:0380-1489
1927-629X