The Tax Starving

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"Голодать от тягла"

About 15,000 Sakhaliyan's starved to death between 1954-1960 in a 6 year period refered to as 'Golodat Ot Tyagla'. This was a direct result of the crippling shipping taxes the USSR imposed on Sakhaliya, prompting them to seek friendship in China.

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