这年粮食急剧减产,而征购不仅未减,反而有上升。此后饥荒愈演愈烈,1932-33年达到高峰。因此也常常有学者把这常饥荒称之为“1931-33年饥荒 Soviet Famine of 1931-1933”。这一点,也可以从下面的苏联官方粮食生产收购数据看出来:
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年份产量征购
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19308322.1
193169.522.8
193269.918.5
193368.522.9
193467.722.7
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引自 Tauger,"Natural Disaster and Human Actions in the Soviet Famine of 1931-1933." The Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies, No.1506. 单位为 million metric tons