La bolŝevikoj permesis agadon de la helporganizoj por kontinue libere disdoni nutraĵon ĝis en 1923, ĉar ili vendis grenon eksterlanden. TheLa netefiko effect, sincede grainla isafero [[anstataŭigebla]]estis, waske thatili theyricevis receivednenion moneyde forla nothingokciidentaj fromfilantropoj. theKiam westernoni [[philanthropy|philanthropists]].malkovris Whentiun this was discoveredagadon, foreignla reliefeksterlandaj organizationshelporganizoj suspendedrompis thela aidhelpon. Lenin'sKvankam firsttiutempe heart attack was in theLenin springestis ofjam 1922malsana, andsed hela hadeluzo [[aphasia]]de inla 1923;trofidemaj thekapitalistoj extentestis oflia hiskutima responsibility for the grain sales is therefore unclearpolitiko. However, taking advantage of gullible capitalists would have accorded with his expressed policies.
[[François Furet]] estimis la mortintojn de la malsatego je 5 milionoj, dumla malsatego de [[1892]] en la imperiestra Rusio kaŭzis malsatmorton de 375.000 ĝis 400.000 homoj. Sed tiuj lastaj malsatmortoj okazis inter pacaj cirkonstancoj, sen antaŭaj militoj.
[[François Furet]] estimated there were five million deaths in the famine; for comparison, the worst crop failure of late Tsarist Russia, in [[1892]], caused 375,000 to 400,000 deaths. That failure followed years of normal and bumper harvests, with the resulting buildup of reserves; the harvest of [[1888]] had been "excellent beyond even the more optimistic hopes". Also, that was in a time of peace, international commerce, and good order; there had not been war throughout Russia before 1917.
