Participation of foreign public organizations in relief for the starving in 1921–1922 in Kazakhstan

Abstract

The article is devoted to the participation of foreign public organizations in helping the starving during the famine of 1921–1922 in Kazakhstan. The authors of the article study the contribution of foreign public organizations, such as the American Relief Administration, the Society of Quaker Friends, the Catholic Mission,the Workers International Relief, the Red Cross Society, and others, to helping the starving population of Kazakhstan. As a result, they note that the assistance of foreign organizations consisted of the implementation of food and medical assistance, cooperation with orphanages and medical institutions, and catering. Also, it is identified that humanitarian organizations worked based on special agreements, which prescribed the conditions for ensuring their right to free use of railways, motor, and horse-drawn transport, premises and warehouses, telegraph and telephone communications. The areas of their activity are designated; the features and main results of the work are studied. The authors conclude that foreign humanitarian organizations had made a great contribution to the cause of helping the starving, as a result of which, through joint efforts, it was possible to eliminate the consequences of hunger and save thousands of people from death