"Although Moscow was well aware of the disorganized state of Ukrainian agriculture as a result of collectivization, Soviet Ukraine was obliged to deliver 2.3 times the amount of grain marketed in the precollectivization year. Tke 1930 quota of 7.7 million tons of grain was met and it represented a third of a total harvest of 23 mdlion tons... In 1931, despite a decline in sown area, Moscow kept the same quota of 7.7 million tons for Ukraine and insisted it be met even after it became apparent that the Ukrainian harvest had dropped to 18.3 million tons, according to official figures and almost 38% of that was "lost during the harvest. Tke Ukrainian Soviet regime was able to deliver only 7 millions tons and in 1932 the virtually unanimous opposition of the Ukrainian hierarchy forced Stalin to lower the 1932 quota to 6.5 million tons. The quotas were not met, only 47 million tons were obtained at a cost of millons of lives."
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