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of May 13, 1918, which granted Narkomprod extraordinary powers to seize grain by force. By January 1919, the state shifted to Prodrazvyorstka, where the central authorities determined the state's needs and mandated the seizure of that amount, regardless of the peasants' actual surplus or survival needs. To enforce these seizures, the state mobilized a militarized apparatus known as the Food Army (Prodarmiya). These units, along with worker-led food detachments (prodotryady), were deployed to the countryside

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