Holodomor

I wanted to draw attention to the Great Ukranian Famine of 1932-3 when, due to Stalin’s forced collectivisation, approximately seven million Ukrainians were starved to death. Despite the death toll, which was known to Stalin and the Kremlin, Russia continued to export grain abroad during 1932 and 1933 and also confiscated seed-grain, which is used to plant the crop for the following year.

This immeasurable catastrophe is almost unknown and, to that end, the Ukrainian President, Victor Yushchenko, issued a Presidential decree in 2006 mandating a four-minute silence on the Memorial Day for the victims of the famine. The fourth Saturday of November, which was last week, is the official Memorial Day.

For more information visit Holodomor.org and see this pamphlet from the Ukrainian Museum