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... that were totally FUBAR. On top of that they had awful droughts and weather disasters that ruined crops for several years in a row. It was mostly political mismanagement combined with bad luck, and then it was their failure to realize what they needed to do to repair the damage.
The several years of meager harvests were taken from the poor Ukrainians and give to the people of Moscow so THEY wouldn't starve. Instead the Ukrainians had to do without. It was robbing Peter to pay Paul. No wonder Ukraine has hated Russia all these years.
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