Introduction

Abstract

The thematic compilation “Food Supply Problems in Regions” timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the tragic events in the history of the Soviet state – the mass famine in the Volga and Ural regions, which engulfed the territory of the young Tatar Republic. At the roundtable discussion held in Kazan on October 19, 2021, researchers from Kazan, Samara, Penza and Moscow discussed the features of food policy and the problems of food supply in the Soviet period in the Volga and Ural regions. The rubric includes some articles of the roundtable discussion participants.

Keywords

• food issue
• food policy
• food supply
• volga region
• ural region
• tatar assr
• famine