An Analysis of the Causes of the Soviet Food Crisis in the Early Postwar Period,1945-1953
In 1945-1953,the Soviet Union experienced a severe food crisis and its root causes lay in different aspects.Firstly,the Soviet-German war not only led to a reduction in Soviet food production,but also caused long-term damage to the material and technological basis of agricultural production;meanwhile,the Soviet Union,which had just emerged from the war,was struck by many natural disasters,which had a negative impact on food production.Secondly,the Soviet Union's hard-line agricultural economic system was short-sighted and ignored material incentives,severely weakening farmers'incentives to produce and constraining the increase in food production.Thirdly,whether the food was rationed or purchased,the inherent shortcomings of the distribution system weren't corrected effectively.So people still were unable to obtain sufficient food freely and equally.Lastly,the outbreak and escalation of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union had a profound impact on the pattern of international food trade.The Soviet Union,which had always relied heavily on food imports,ended its food imports and continued to export food despite its difficulties in domestic self-sufficiency,leading to an irreversible trade deficit and exacerbating the severity of the domestic food crisis.
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