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Feeding Russia under Soviet rule faces complex logistics
A United Press piece describes how the Soviet regime, to feed its 170 million people across six and a half million square miles, uses a central Supreme Economic Council in Moscow with 25 000 staff and widespread local councils. It highlights rationing, equal distribution, and special aid for mothers and children, noting no starvation but ongoing inadequacies versus needs.
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