About the book: year / Last fall, almost all Volga provinces experienced a terrible crop failure: bread immediately after harvest reached a huge price, almost two rubles per pood , and a month later it became more expensive than two rubles. Baked bread in Samara, Saratov, these breadbaskets of Russia, began to be sold at an unprecedented price - 4 and 5 kopecks. lb. Crop failure and famine are obvious. People who took the people's grief to heart wrote correspondence to newspapers, filled with horrific details.…