Join Kelli as she discusses a Stalin Soviet-era plan to deport unwanted citizens and petty criminals to an island in the middle of Siberia - without proper shelter, supplies, or food. It only took a few days before the island's new inhabitants broke down and started to consume the flesh of their fellow prisoners.

In this podcast, we review the historical context of 1930s Stalin-era plans to starve the people in the name of progress and communism. Spoiler - it doesn't end well. In addition to discussing the Cannibal Island, more commonly known as Nazino Island, Kelli goes over the basics of the Ukrainian Famine/Holodomor and Stalin's collectivization policies.

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Sources Referenced:
Nicolas Werth - Cannibal Island: Death in a Siberian Gulag

Music Credit: 
Kevin MacLeod - Scheming Weasel

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