sentences:  On May 8, 1918, on the Sovnarkom meeting he suggested the introduction of a food rationing across the country.That was done by a Decree of VTsIK central executive committee on May 13, 1918.He was also one of the organizers of the so-called "foodgroups" ("prodotryad", ), the groups of workers made for the purpose of stocking up grain and other food rations in an effort to supply the various industrial centers and the Red Army.