>tsarist russia was a net food exporter while the ussr was a net food importer
Genuinely how does this happen? Why was soviet agriculture so inefficient?
The Bolsheviks were genuinely retarded. War communism was such a disaster that Herbert Hoover of all people had to step in and prevent the Bolshevik regime from collapsing due to famine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_famine_of_1921%E2%80%931922#Relief_efforthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Relief_AdministrationThe Bolsheviks were genuinely the smartest men in human history and its not even close
>The famine resulted from the combined effects of severe drought,[1] the continued effects of World War I, economic disturbance from the Russian Revolution, the Russian Civil War,
>Before the famine began, Russia had suffered three-and-a-half years of World War I and additionally the Russian Civil War of 1918–1920, many of the conflicts being fought inside Russia.[8] There were 7–12 million casualties during the Russian Civil War, mostly civilians.[9] Historians have noted that both Tsarist Russia government councils and other opposition parties had advocated for food requisitioning prior to the ascent of the Bolsheviks.[10][11][12]
>Before the famine, all sides in the Russian Civil Wars of 1918–1921 (the Bolsheviks, the Whites, the Anarchists, and the seceding nationalities) had provisioned themselves by seizing food from those who grew it, giving it to their armies and supporters, and denying it to their enemies.
keep in mind that wikipedia is brigaded by westerners aka anticommunists so it is biased, but all those quotes are from the wikipedia article. but you knew that. this is a bait thread but i responded to the bait thread oh well
>>2921859debatable. but the point is the combination of the drought and the requisitions before those of the communists set the region up for a catastrophic disaster.
>>2921865>debatableNo, it isn't. lol
>the combination of the drought and the requisitions before those of the communists set the region up for a catastrophic disasterNo, that was entirely the Bolsheviks' fault. You're blaming the Tsar for a famine that happened 4 years after the February Revolution. Are you retarded or a campist? Both it seems.