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Step 3 of 16 · October–November 1932

Molotov and Kaganovich commissions

Two Politburo commissions take over grain collection in Ukraine and the Kuban. Villages behind on the plan lose all goods supplies, and the first Kuban stanitsas go on the black board.

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Circles show each 1932 oblast's total losses for 1932–34 (HURI); no month-by-month split per oblast is published. Borders and the cordon are approximate.

Claims

FamineHigh confidence
1) Time range
1932-10-22
2) Group profile
Politburo of the VKP(b) CC · Created two extraordinary grain commissionsSelector: Moscow
3) Decisions
  1. Ukraine: commission of Viacheslav Molotov (Chairman, SNK USSR), in Kharkiv until 23 Nov 1932
  2. North Caucasus: commission of Lazar Kaganovich (CC Secretary)
  3. Gave both emergency powers over procurement
Affected
Kolkhozes of Ukraine (about 22% of the annual plan met) and the North Caucasus (about 18%)
Gap
Commission membership beyond the two leaders is from general literature; the plan baseline is given as 356 or 510 million poods.

KHPG archiveWerth, Sciences Po

FamineMedium confidence
1) Time range
1932-11-01 … 1932-11-12
2) Human profile
Lazar Kaganovich · CC Secretary, head of the Politburo commission; with Boris Sheboldaev, First Secretary of the North Caucasus kraikom
3) Decisions
  1. Put the stanitsas Novorozhdestvenskaya, Medvedovskaya and Temirgoevskaya on the black board
  2. Cut off goods, called in credits and removed 358 of 716 Kuban party secretaries
  3. Told Medvedovskaya villagers they would be deported north
Affected
Kuban Cossack, largely Ukrainian-speaking population
Gap
The full list of blacklisted stanitsas and the exact date of the kraikom resolution (4 Nov is often cited) are not verified.

EN Wikipedia · Ukrainians in KubanWerth, Sciences Po

FamineMedium confidence
1) Time range
1932-11-03 … 1932-11-08
2) Human profile
Vyacheslav Molotov and Mendel Khataevich · Commission head; Second Secretary of the CP(b)U CC. Stalin co-signed on 8 Nov
3) Decisions
  1. Stopped industrial goods to 28 raions in four oblasts and ordered lists of "saboteur" households
  2. 8 Nov: stopped goods to every lagging village in Ukraine until the plan was met
  3. Set up mobile courts for procurement cases
Affected
28 raions at first, then every lagging Ukrainian village
Gap
The 8 Nov embargo appears in the UK Wikipedia but not in the EN article.

UK WikipediaEncyclopedia of Ukraine

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