Land-lease in the USSR: food component
Journal Title: Історія торгівлі, податків та мита - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 1
Abstract
The article deals with the organization of food supplies to the Soviet Union on the Lend-Lease system. The reasons that caused their necessity and importance for the needs of the current army and the rear were determined. On the basis of archival documents and memoirs of combatants, a situation characterized by food security in the Soviet Union at the first stage of the war has been characterized. The diplomatic correspondence between the allies concerning the organization of grocery supplies is indicated, and it was determined that the bulk products, animal and vegetable fats, sugar, canned food and concentrates were the most important in foreign food deliveries. It was concluded that food supplies helped not only keep the situation on the front, but also had humanitarian aspects, saving tens and hundreds of lives in the Soviet rear.
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О. А. Фрадинський
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