- Type:
- Famine
- Date:
- 1940 CE – 1945 CE
- Location:
- USSR
- Deaths:
- 540,000
Other famine records of 1940 CE
- Poland (ghettos and concentration camps) · 1,000,000 deaths
- Poland · 500,000 deaths
Source: Our World in Data — Famines and the deaths in them (1870–2021) · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did Famine: USSR (1940-1945) (1940 CE) happen?
- 1940 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Our World in Data — Famines and the deaths in them (1870–2021); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
- How many people died?
- Recorded estimate: 540,000. Historical death tolls vary by source.