Soviet famine of 1946–1947
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The Soviet famine of 1946–1947 was a major famine in the Soviet Union that lasted from mid-1946 to the winter of 1947 to 1948.
The estimates of victim numbers vary, ranging from several hundred thousand to 2 million.[1]: xv Recent estimates from historian Cormac Ó Gráda, show that 900,000 perished during the famine.[2] Regions that were especially affected included the Ukrainian SSR with 300,000 dead,[2] and the Moldavian SSR with 100,000 dead.[2][3] Other parts of the Soviet Union such as the Russian SFSR and the Byelorussian SSR were also affected with 500,000 deaths.[2][4] Elsewhere, malnutrition was widespread but famine was averted.[2] The famine is notable for very high levels of child mortality.[5]