Rationing, therefore, controls the size of the ration, which is the allotted portion of the resources in question to be distributed at a particular time.During World War II, […] Skip to content ...

The tokens were for food, and later for clothing. ... Rationing did not end with the war. It was years before life got back to normal. Some things like sweets were rationed up to 1953.

SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) - Just when Russians thought it could not get any worse with the rouble tumbling as fast as the oil prices on which their economy depends, the people of St Petersburg are ...

Allowances fluctuated throughout the war, but on average one adult’s weekly ration was 113g bacon and ham (about 4 rashers), one shilling and ten pence worth of meat (about 227g minced beef ...

Just when Russians thought it could not get any worse with the ruble tumbling as fast as the oil prices on which their economy depends, the people of St Petersburg are waking up to rationing. But in ...