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Aftermath of World War I in Russia and in the Soviet Union

  • Russian famine of 1921–1922The Volga River valley turned to dust in the spring of 1921. A severe drought struck the region, but it was not the sole cause of the coming disaster.
  • Treaty of Brest-LitovskIn April 1917, Germany transported Vladimir Lenin and thirty-one supporters in a sealed train from exile in Switzerland to Finland Station.
  • Russian RevolutionIn the winter of 1916, a report from the Petrograd Okhrana warned that riots by lower classes were imminent. The warning described people scouring cities for…