 The plan relied on support from peasants who resented Romanian government's agricultural policy, particularly the land reform of 1921.The peasants' situation was aggravated due to a drought in summer 1924, which caused a famine in southern Bessarabia.As main leaders, the Comintern appointed Bădulescu Alexandru (Moscovici Gelbert), Max Goldstein and Kalifarski (ethnic Russian and activist in the Comintern).