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The Great Famine

201152mMovieDocumentary

When a devastating famine descended on Soviet Russia in 1921, it was the worst natural disaster in Europe since the Black Plague in the Middle Ages. Examine Herbert Hoover’s American Relief Administration—an operation hailed for its…

DirectorsAustin Hoyt·Aisiyuak Yumagulov

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The Great Famine is streaming on PBS Documentaries and Hoopla in United States, and available to rent or buy on Amazon Video. It's not currently on Netflix.

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