Russian composer Pavel Chesnokov died while standing in one of these things in Moscow in 1944 and Al Capone once set up one of these things in Chicago in order to repair his image. A Margaret Bourke-White photograph called Mississippi Flood shows a group of people standing in one of these, in contrast with a billboard behind them stating WORLD'S HIGHEST STANDARD OF LIVING. These were common in America during the Great Depression and in Soviet Russia, where there were massive food shortages. For 10 points, name these entities, designed to alleviate a lack of food.
a) Breadlines
b) Soup kitchens
c) Communes
d) Agricultural cooperatives

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