The Great Famine Monday PBS @ 9PM

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.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/famine/

Looks to me to be interesting, and something regulars here might find informative and entertaining. Check your local schedule for stations and times.

For people with fast connections there is a preview video. Most of these shows are available online in their entirety a short time after broadcast.

it was not a natural disaster.

Details? I am pretty ignorant about this event....

Here's an overview. A pretty nasty situation. IMO, there are entities today who realize that they can decimate great nations more effectively with hunger & economic strife than all-out warfare.

Thanks, Glock. Very informative article about an disaster with many contributing causes. The characterization of this famine as a "natural disaster" is clearly off base.