THE ATTITUDE OF THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT TO THE ASSISTANCE FOR THE STARVING POPULATION OF THE TATAR REPUBLIC IN THE 1920’S
In 1921 in the Volga region terrible hunger began. The Soviet government had to seek the assistance from international organizations such as the Workers International Relief (WIR) and the American Relief Administration. On July 21, 1921, in Soviet Russia was organized the All-Russian Public Committee for the Relief of Starving was organized in Soviet Russia, and at the end of the year was organized the Commission for Assistance to the starving population of the Tatar Republic - Tatpomgol. By February 1922, with the help of Patriarch Tikhon, more than 9 million rubles were collected in the country. However, on February 23, 1922, a new decree on the seizure of all church property was issued by the new authorities. Famine was eliminated only in 1923.