American Experience - Season 23 Episode 9 The Great Famine
The little-known story of the American effort to relieve starvation in the new Soviet Russia in 1921, The Great Famine is a documentary about the worst natural disaster in Europe since the Black Plague in the Middle Ages. Five million Soviet citizens died. Half a world away, Americans responded with a massive two-year relief campaign, championed by Herbert Hoover, director of the American Relief Administration.
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: PBS
- Keyword: biography, usa history, current affairs
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