title: Urals Chekists and the American Relief Administration (1921–1923)
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metadata.value: Usmanov, N. V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-07-07T17:55:15Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-07-07T17:55:15Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-06
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Usmanov N. V. ‘Urals Chekists and the American Relief Administration (1921–1923)’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 10, no. 2, 2020, pp. 414–425.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu24.2020.209
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/18549
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: As a horrific famine engulfed Russia in the summer of 1921, officials were hard pressed to ask the
  international community for aid. The Urals was among stricken areas. With the accord of Soviet Government,
  the American Relief Administration, better known as ARA, operated as a significant charitable organization from
  autumn 1921 until summer 1923. This American organization possessed considerable food and other material
  resources. The Russian authorities believed there was a danger that ARA employees would gather counter-revolutionary
  forces, and so the ARA was placed under the supervision of the Cheka and GPU. Secret agents of
  the Soviet special services were introduced into the foreign organization to track its activities. Members of the
  Bolshevik Party were supposed to help Chekists. According to information passed on by these Chekists, the ARA committeed no serious violations of Soviet law. At the same time, some unlawful actions of local ARA employees
  took place in the Urals, which Chekists suppressed. While the Cheka usually had an understanding with of ARA
  leadership, the Americans tried to protect their employees from excessive surveillance by the Chekists. Employees
  of the Cheka and the GPU in the Urals also protected ARA resources from embezzlement and misuse.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 10; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: famine
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Soviet Russia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Ural
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: chekists
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: American Relief Administration
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: food
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Urals Chekists and the American Relief Administration (1921–1923)
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metadata.value: Article
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