Interactive effects of growth medium, cryoprotector and starvation treatment on bacterial survival during the storage of freeze-dried lactic acid bacteria have been studied.
I have heard story after heartrending story of famine and starvation, of people surviving on trash foraged out of the forest, because there was no food.
The Ukrainians have many reasons to hate the Russians and especially Stalin who in the early 30s, orchestrated a massive starvation policy that killed as many as 7,000,000 people.