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Hunger and Hardship in Petrograd Exposed by Ruskoje Slovo
A Libau published dispatch from the Ruskoje Slovo describes hungry Petrograd society. It paints a vivid image of schoolgirls fleeing hunger for electric cars, bread rationing, and children scavenging refuse while mothers endure constant strain. The piece notes ten year old boys involved in brutal bread theft and the city’s populace starving yet silent, as the doomed metropolis clings to imagined stability and daily routines.
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London
Associated Press
Petrograd
Ruskoje Slovo
Libau
Ufe