What finally killed Lenin in 1924?

What finally killed Lenin in 1924?

RCP(b) leaders, relatives and followers. On 21 January 1924, at 18:50 EET, Vladimir Lenin, leader of the October Revolution and the first leader and founder of the Soviet Union, died in Gorki aged 53 after falling into a coma. The official cause of death was recorded as an incurable disease of the blood vessels.

Did kulaks burn their crops?

Some [kulaks] murdered officials, set the torch to the property of the collectives, and even burned their own crops and seed grain. Most of the victims were kulaks who had refused to sow their fields or had destroyed their crops.

What were the consequences of the Holodomor?

Contemporary Soviet police archives contain descriptions of the immense suffering and despair of Ukrainian farmers, including instances of lawlessness, theft, lynching, and even cannibalism. This Famine, the Holodomor, resulted in widespread deaths and mass graves dug across the countryside.

What happened to the Ukrainians in the 1930’s?

As part of the wider Soviet famine of 1932–33 which affected the major grain-producing areas of the country, millions of inhabitants of Ukraine, the majority of whom were ethnic Ukrainians, died of starvation in a peacetime catastrophe unprecedented in the history of Ukraine.

How many countries recognize the Holodomor?

Out of the 195 countries of the world, 16 UN countries and Vatican city recognize the Holodomor as genocide on the state level: Australia, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Ukraine, USA, Vatican City.

What is man made famine?

Despite the role of natural causes, the conclusion is inescapable that modern famines, like most of those in history, are man-made. PIP: Famines are sustained, extreme shortages of food among discrete populations sufficient to cause high rates of mortality.

Who caused the famine in Yemen?

One major cause of the mass hunger in Yemen is the destruction of civilian infrastructure by actors of the conflict. A few, yet salient, key actors include Saudi Arabia which backs the internationally recognized government of Yemen and heads the Saudi-Coalition, and the anti-government Houthi rebels.