MEASURES TO PROVIDE FOOD AID TO COLLECTIVE FARMS IN CENTRAL KAZAKHSTAN DURING THE FAMINE IN 1931-1933

Abstract

The article is devoted to the issues of food aid to collective farms in Central Kazakhstan during the famine of the 1930s. The purpose of the article is to explore the main food measures and ways to help the hungry of Central Kazakhstan during the famine in 1931 -1933. This aspect was considered on the example of the Nurinsky district of the Karaganda region on the basis of the funds of the local archive. The author found lists of collective farms that received food aid in the form of wheat, millet, etc. from the Soviet authorirties. The author's conclusions are that the assistance provided was inadequate and did not fully meet the needs of the hungry.