Famine, typhus, and arrests
The year of 1919 began hard for the port and fishing Astrakhan. If earlier food was at least enough at the expense of transportation from the grain areas of the foothills of the Caucasus, now the situation is becoming quite difficult. The 11th Red Army retreats to Astrakhan, suffering heavy losses. Many fighters are sick with typhus, this disease is already spreading in the city. Leaving the war zone, hundreds of refugees rush here.
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