In my new capacity of attaché to the Governor-General for Cossack affairs, I made, for instance, a most thorough investigation of the economical condition of the Usurí Cossacks, whose crops used to be lost every year, so that the government had every winter to feed them in order to save them from famine.
In this passage, Kropotkin discusses his investigation into the economic struggles of the Usurí Cossacks, emphasizing his commitment to understanding their plight.
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