The deliveries of foodstuffs to the local
shop were stopped. The kolkhoz members no longer received any products
in exchange for “workday units.” The specialists servicing the kolkhoz were
not paid their wages. 83 In the fall of 1932, the famine came to the village.
People survived on potatoes, fish from the river and gophers from the
steppe. Virtually all valuable goods from Sweden were sold: bicycles, sewing
machines, and clothes. 84