Gallery × American Relief Administration (ARA) Transport column on the frozen Volga River at Tsaritsyn (Volgograd) in the early 1920s. Source: unknown. The Volga Germans experienced periodic famines brought about by both natural and man-made causes. Famine 1891-1892 Famine 1921-1922 Famine 1932-1934 Other Famine Information The Volga Relief Society Famine letters published in Die Welt-Post Famine articles Read and excerpt from "In the Land of Tolstoi: Experiences of Famine and Misrule in Russia"