Changes in Distributive Principles. November 1918
Table. Comparison of Petrograd weekly rations (a) before the class ration, (b) class ration, first edition, summer 1918, (c) class ration, second edition, November 1918.
Original Source: N. M. Vishnevskii, Printsipy i metody (Moscow, 1920), 40.
| Ration (in Calories) | ||||
| Type of Person | Previously existing system | Class ration, 1st edition | Class ration, 2d edition | Announced average factual average |
| Physical labor | 24,182 | 24,318 | 22,224 | 18,545 |
| Nonphysical labor | 12,091 | 12,159 | 13,590 | 13,908 |
| Executive positions | 12,091 | 12,159 | 13,590 | 18,545 |
| Professions | 12,091 | 6,080 | 10,374 | 4,636 |
| Unearned income | 12,091 | 3,040 | 5,018 | 4,636 |
| Women: nursing, pregnant, large families | 12,091 | 24,318 | 22,224 | 18,545 |
| Women: housewives in average families | 12,091 | 6,080 | 10,374 | 13,908 |
| Infants (under 1 year) | 12,091 | 5,111 | 8,721 | 10,548 |
| Children 1-3 years | 12,091 | 6,080 | 10,374 | 18,545 |
| Children 3-12 years | 12,091 | 12,159 | 13,590 | 18,545 |
Source: Lars T. Lih, Bread and Authority in Russia, 1914-1921 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990), pp. 244-245.