Posledgol
Soviet relief commission / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Central Commission for the Struggle against Consequences of Famine (Центральная комиссия по борьбе с последствиями Голода, abbreviated as Posledgol)[1] was a Central Commission under the All-Russian Central Executive Committee created to combat the consequences of the famine of 1921-1922. It was the successor of Pomgol and was created by a resolution of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. They collaborated with foreign philanthropic institutions that were allowed to provide relief to the Soviet population.[2] Posledgol mainly planned and supervised relief activities. The commission received resources from state and donations by population.[3][4] They portended enormous complications and inadequacies in handling the actual situation in the famine areas.[5]
The commission included representatives of the State Planning Committee, All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions, Children's Commission of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, People's Commissariat of Agriculture, ROKK, International Working Committee for Famine Relief, etc. The committee was decentralised as earlier Soviet famine relief suffered from breakdowns in communication.[6] It also set a precedent for a famine relief agency oriented toward agricultural recovery.[7]