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Mapping The Impact Of Famine On The Volga And Black Sea German Enclaves, 1891-1934, Amber N. Nickell
Mapping The Impact Of Famine On The Volga And Black Sea German Enclaves, 1891-1934, Amber N. Nickell
Purdue GIS Day
Using ArcGIS software and the ArcGIS online story mapping function, this project maps population growth and decline over time in the ethnic German Volga and Black Sea Enclaves in the Russian Empire (later the USSR) and overlays that population data with maps of famine zones during the 1891/2, 1921/22, and 1932/33 famines in order to answer the following questions. Where were the enclaves in relation to the famine regions? What impact did the famines have on ethnic German populations in the region? How did the Volga colonies fare in relation to national estimates during naturally occurring famines? During the manmade …