While Romania was busy choosing a new prime minister, a violent tragedy was taking place across the border in the Soviet Republic of Ukraine.
In this dry and cold weather, Rirtov was searching the traps he had set in the woods outside the village to see if there were any prey.
A round of inspection made him very disappointed. There was no prey. Only the dead crow he picked up on the way kept Rirtov from being too sad. The churning stomach acid in his stomach made Riltov extremely uncomfortable.
He knew that this was his body protesting that he had not eaten. But thinking of his mother, sister, wife, and children at home, and a family still waiting for him, Rirtov could only continue to search hard in the silent wilderness.
Not far away, you can see other people looking for food in the wilderness like him. In order to save energy, they basically say nothing. Everyone looks around warily, like a lonely hungry wolf in the wilderness.
.However, they do not have the same hunting skills as wolves, and can only look for small animals hibernating in the wilderness. If anyone can find a vole nest, it is simply worth cheering. Because now the vole nests have their own stored food, which can
Eating meat also provides valuable food.
Yes, for the current Soviet Ukrainian Republic, food is the most attractive thing.
There are many reasons for everything, including the impact of drought on Ukraine's domestic agriculture. However, the main impact is man-made, and the order to Moscow is also one of the important driving forces. The role of the "Five-Year Plan" on the Soviet Union is indescribable.
Not big, but its impact is not only good, but also bad.
A large number of people were gathered into urban factories, which reduced the Soviet agricultural population and increased the tasks they endured. In addition, in order to develop heavy industry, the Soviet Union exported most of the grain produced by collective farms to obtain the foreign exchange and foreign exchange needed for industrialization.
Equipment is also one of the inducements.
Since 1928, the grain collected by the Soviet government in Ukraine accounted for 42% of the total grain collected in the entire Soviet Union. You must know that Ukraine's land area accounts for about 3% of the entire Soviet Union.
Another problem is that not only is the predatory grain expropriation carried out in rural areas, but also "collectivist" transformation is required, requiring farmers to join "collective farms." Those who do not cooperate with the transformation are directly classified as "rich peasants"
" class, this means they will be sentenced to death or exiled to Siberia. Many farmers are worried about being classified as the "kulak" class, and naturally they dare not farm. This has led to a sharp decline in the productivity of agricultural production technology.
Directly proportional to farmers' enthusiasm for production is Ukraine's grain output, which has been declining year by year since 1930. In 1930, Ukraine's output was 22.9 million tons. The final amount of grain handed over to the Soviet Central Committee was 7.8 million tons, which was 1/3.
If you go up there, you can barely survive.
In 1931, the total grain output was only 17.6 million tons, and 7 million tons still had to be handed over to the Soviet Central Committee. For this reason, farmers' grain reserves had to be used.
But the situation kept deteriorating. In 1932, the output was only 12.8 million tons. However, the Ukrainians were stunned by the targets issued. Instead of falling, they increased. 7.7 million tons of grain had to be handed over! That is, more than 60% of the total output had to be raised.
This is far beyond the affordability of Ukrainian farmers.
The farmers didn't want to starve to death, and of course they didn't want to pay. Stalin was only thinking about his own grand project of urban industrialization. This was the top priority and must be steadily advanced, and the local bureaucrats also needed "performance injection" to claim credit, so
Governments at all levels, from central to local, sent people to requisition food by force, and they were not even allowed to raise any objections. Anyone who objected was an "anti-Bushwick". At the same time, it was also stipulated that "theft of collective farm property" could be punished by death. Just to promote
The "collective farms" launched a severe political campaign, arresting tens of thousands of people and executing nearly 5,000 people.
But the Central Committee of the Soviet Union issued another fatal policy. It ordered the implementation of an "identity card system" throughout the Soviet Union, stipulating that all citizens in the Soviet Union except farmers could obtain identity cards... Then, in January 1933, the Ukrainian Politburo
A decision was made: "It is prohibited for railway stations to sell train tickets out of Ukraine to peasants." Any hungry people fleeing Ukraine will be arrested as "class enemies" and their fate will inevitably be death.
Therefore, the farmers in Ukraine are completely tied to Ukraine and cannot even escape from the famine. In the original history, the Ukrainian people could only endure this situation until Moscow discovered that there was a major famine in Ukraine and provided material relief.
But now Ukrainian farmers have some new ideas, that is, to flee to Romania. Because Western Ukraine is occupied by Romania, the connection between the two sides will not be completely blocked. Although the Soviet Ukrainian government tried its best to block the border between the two countries, it still cannot completely prevent both sides from entering.
After all, there are too many people related to each other between the two Ukraines. How could the Ukrainian people not understand Western Ukraine under Romanian rule? So regarding the situation in Western Ukraine, there are many Ukrainian people in the Soviet Union
We all understand more or less.
In the village where Riltov was located, there happened to be a person who had relatives in Xiulan.
Solvasev was a good friend of Riltov, and when Rirtov was looking for food in the wild, his friend also came to look for him.
"Aunt Noel, is Rirtov at home?"
"He's not here, he went outside the village."
"Thanks."
When Rirtov returned to the village with the dead crow, he happened to see his friend Solvasv waiting for someone at the entrance of the village despite the cold wind.
"Solvasev, who are you waiting for?"
Rirtov saw clearly that he was his friend from a distance and greeted him.
When Solvasv saw Rirtov, he quickly stepped forward and whispered, "I'm waiting for you."
"What are you waiting for me to do?"
Completely unaware of his friend's intentions, he was dragged to a remote corner by Solvasev. His friend looked around worriedly and whispered, "I can't live my life anymore. I want to leave the village."
"Then you want to go..."
Riltov, who was about to ask, seemed to understand at this time. After looking around and seeing no one else, he said in a low voice, "You are risking your life, and you dare to say such a thing here."
Yes, Romania was a taboo subject in Soviet Ukraine. Anyone who dared to talk about this topic casually would be informed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the serious consequences.
However, unlike Riltov who was cautious, Solvasov said nonchalantly, "Because I know you won't tell anyone else. There is no way we can survive this life. If we don't leave, our family will starve to death."
This time I planned to go there to find relatives so that I could at least survive. I think it will be difficult for your family this time, so I hope your family can go with us and have someone to take care of you on the way."
