The Archive · 1924

Floods and Famine in Russia

7,000,000 Stricken People in 12

Provinces: Leningrad' Need of Reconstruction Moscow, Oct. 7

Svidersky, the Commissar of Agriculture, sintos that the bad harvest has affected about 7,000,000 people in 12 provinees. The Government have expended 70,000,000 Foubles in aid of the famine sutforers.

Kalinin, the President of the Soviet, amnotinees that the Govern ment: propose to allocate 16,000,000 {roubles for the reconstruction of fettlement that. was because the given. The Labour Party will replying to. ieut.-Colonel Pownall! tion of the canal.

Leningrad after the floods.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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