{"id":150599,"date":"2022-12-17T19:06:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T23:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=150599"},"modified":"2022-12-17T19:10:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T23:10:06","slug":"stalins-genocide-of-over-30-million-ukrainian-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=150599","title":{"rendered":"HOLODOMOR: Stalin&#8217;s Genocide Of Over 30 Million Ukrainians by Starvation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Stalin&#8217;s Genocide of over 30 Million Ukrainian Farmers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!--more-->Submitted by GA<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: large;\">This is kind of a cute cartoon:<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/halturnerradioshow.com\/index.php\/en\/news-page\/world\/very-first-unconscious-pig-episode-translated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/halturnerradioshow.com\/index.php\/en\/news-page\/world\/very-first-unconscious-pig-episode-translated&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361937000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2qgM3PDkTaIo8nA2ktNWD4\">Very First &#8220;Unconscious Pig&#8221; Episode, Translated!<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>You&#8217;ve got to love Russian Humor . . .<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Except I can not forget the\u00a0Holodomor Starvation\u00a0of the Ukrainians by Communist Russia in the 1930&#8217;s which\u00a0KILLED over 30 Million Ukrainian Gentiles!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Genocidal Jewish Communist USSR heritage is well worth squandering.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Compare that with the Jewish &#8220;claim&#8221; of 6 Million jews died in Hitler&#8217;s concentration camps.\u00a0 And that 6 million deaths number was vastly over stated.\u00a0 Many of the people listed as dead from concentration camps, were still very much alive after WW2.\u00a0 Jews lie like crazy, as most of us see today.\u00a0 They serve the Father of Lies: Satan.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It is clear the true Genocidal Maniacs on this planet are the JEWS.\u00a0\u00a0Just look around you today, to what is happening, and WHO organized the current genocide.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Hitler, although, not perfect by far, was attempting to just give the jews a little of their own Jewish medicine.\u00a0 Everyone in Eastern Europe knew of the Great Ukrainian Genocide by the jewish communists running the USSR.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Take a page out of history, and study it, because it IS our collective future.\u00a0 The communist take over of Russia and other countries, and it is the communist Blue Print for the Jewish communist take over of the USA and EU.\u00a0 Notice all the deliberate efforts to destroy farms, and food processing plants going on right now.\u00a0 Starving people don&#8217;t revolt against a communist take over.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Those who do NOT learn from History are DOOMED to REPEAT IT.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wake up!\u00a0 Open your eyes!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I strongly suspect that this Christmas 2022, will be our last one&#8230;&#8230;.for those still alive at the time of this writing.\u00a0 Many Americans and European Gentiles didn&#8217;t make it to this Christmas alive.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Read about YOUR future further below.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ci4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/QXTE22zW8e_o-9i8X0IjKRjwuIxxpxW3PahaBiHlCQvWAYzXdMlfj9epnYOXbGWmrlQU-qTkTOXfnCj2h_6yKh4IsK6LXOH1t8eFumI1f0XmHDkRaiN0hHMyyJAHVrcXP3fjsl83_Cef-lfiXzluxgiSvfehpC75lGnuvaHwfXjnf6XWMyq0TbWIHjDdkkaQFEU6jDZo56EWb8jt5I9kJOKeBaPq8l7_BzTId2dBl2nTZdb2JyTKlJ-xpGxw1Pm5p9kjgd0Oli36P_YU5QHeZ0RRlL6fM8bOy3yhBvmltsji45kFPGxY_4OAd37GU0HhkXUrouEg_xnQrHCXkNsTbcBWsBfa411dgeSL2jlApwbGVIqYth22eg=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoungchristiansoftheusa.files.wordpress.com%2F2018%2F01%2F10153937_439773092823470_2057200138_n.jpg%3Fw%3D300&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=7d4d6aa9fee68de7034aaad086280c11dc3dc7efbcc825ddeceeea304c98fce0&amp;ipo=images\" alt=\"Sixty-Six Million Christians Murdered By Jewish Bolsheviks | Christians in the usa, slowly but ...\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"a6S\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div id=\":oa\" class=\"T-I J-J5-Ji aQv T-I-ax7 L3 a5q\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Download\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Download attachment \" data-tooltip-class=\"a1V\">\n<div class=\"akn\">\n<div class=\"aSK J-J5-Ji aYr\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a title=\"Search domain britannica.com\" href=\"https:\/\/duckduckgo.com\/?q=holodomor%20ukraine+site:www.britannica.com&amp;t=h_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/duckduckgo.com\/?q%3Dholodomor%2520ukraine%2Bsite:www.britannica.com%26t%3Dh_&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361937000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2kPlnC7BLJUxQWerUqAyOP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mWXVifLkrcSVvlxUzjNizFFndK7cCZ6OX2gGk8yEzFmymLXMh0FP-gsONHN6OIUbYt5BfqOIyf-I99baf7o3sfj7Hg-JuJyE47-UGIeMabCFRUCKNA=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/ip3\/www.britannica.com.ico\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Holodomor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Holodomor&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361937000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2uYT1IXKxljC2g4drQgKAD\">https:\/\/www.britannica.com\u00a0\u203a\u00a0<wbr \/>event \u203a Holodomor<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Holodomor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Holodomor&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361937000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2uYT1IXKxljC2g4drQgKAD\">Holodomor | Facts, Definition, &amp; Death Toll | Britannica<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Dec 1, 2022\u00a0<b>Holodomor<\/b>, man-made famine that convulsed the Soviet republic of\u00a0<b>Ukraine<\/b>\u00a0from 1932 to 1933, peaking in the late spring of 1933. It was part of a broader Soviet famine (1931-34) that also caused\u00a0mass starvation\u00a0in the grain -growing regions of Soviet Russia and Kazakhstan.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h1>Holodomor<\/h1>\n<div>Ukrainian history<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Holodomor<\/strong>, man-made\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/famine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/famine&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361937000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3iTb4Jb8n1d_DRZV_UQ00m\">famine<\/a>\u00a0that convulsed the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Soviet-Union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Soviet-Union&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361937000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3CQHAIWT_vX4C_NbgRn3tM\">Soviet<\/a>\u00a0republic of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Ukraine&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361937000&amp;usg=AOvVaw27rPa4Gid6t3GzDyhqglPS\">Ukraine<\/a>\u00a0from 1932 to 1933, peaking in the late spring of 1933. It was part of a broader\u00a0<span id=\"m_7192090555544349772yiv3347113475ref1264568\"><\/span>Soviet famine (1931\u201334) that also caused mass starvation in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/cereal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/cereal&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361937000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1WcjtxliwFCz2wohXUxMUd\">grain<\/a>-growing regions of Soviet\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Russia&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361937000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2QZMrKx--QGRv9sKWTvMP2\">Russia<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Kazakhstan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Kazakhstan&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361937000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1nWrv8YQh5Q3mRAlvb_8oS\">Kazakhstan<\/a>. The Ukrainian famine, however, was made deadlier by a series of political decrees and decisions that were aimed mostly or only at Ukraine. In acknowledgement of its scale, the famine of 1932\u201333 is often\u00a0called the Holodomor,\u00a0a term derived from the Ukrainian words for\u00a0hunger\u00a0(<em>holod<\/em>) and\u00a0extermination\u00a0(<em>mor<\/em>).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Causes of the famine<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/62\/95662-050-DA4215DE\/Joseph-Stalin.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/62\/95662-050-DA4215DE\/Joseph-Stalin.jpg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361937000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2jWXaxu7dQv5LnUpiLiRQ8\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/ci6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mLOptl2gEEaDuZsvr7lyrhTbKoOIEZJC5HXH6FbIepBIPXx-Sdlo_akLaX-BX2MXX5P7VTjWCQ7GS4dp-CC_yTTtBr5n2bPPn9I2hBE8fPUSBUw6RlVOYjm390zrIdJCcQ=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/62\/95662-050-DA4215DE\/Joseph-Stalin.jpg?w=300&amp;h=300\" alt=\"Joseph Stalin\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/62\/95662-050-DA4215DE\/Joseph-Stalin.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/62\/95662-050-DA4215DE\/Joseph-Stalin.jpg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361937000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2jWXaxu7dQv5LnUpiLiRQ8\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jewish\u00a0<\/span>Joseph Stalin<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/36\/212536-050-74E42EB9\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victim-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/36\/212536-050-74E42EB9\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victim-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361937000&amp;usg=AOvVaw323N9eA_ChymUqSkJ5QmuD\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/ci5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mdOUbYYUT-jbpIOBD04TFNPLgGyMQwpqKehlJG_noQOEm3_o8jryXXou3HksJbvEQ3TQIA5YUc9rDelYqubBjdh8dda9DNvw9WqAiLGdLtySlu6M8BdguduIdzOFNxXvfRX6h0UGBAT-PP6nIb2Z_f8_EH_zLtF0I4whllzpO6ezHmUc5rzk2PLmguWIG31-f8iZ5PeDbWUlFLRYTLQsofST6mtew8yHTwZWCpuBugG5=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/36\/212536-050-74E42EB9\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victim-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg?w=300&amp;h=300\" alt=\"Holodomor\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/36\/212536-050-74E42EB9\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victim-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/36\/212536-050-74E42EB9\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victim-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2mk0U6wWGHwheGKTaYGHZi\">Holodomor<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The origins of the famine lay in the decision by Soviet leader\u00a0<span id=\"m_7192090555544349772yiv3347113475ref1264569\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Joseph-Stalin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Joseph-Stalin&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2vGWKWs7x2gSNlRNOIfEZk\">Joseph Stalin<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/collectivization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/collectivization&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw22LTf058ZUrrsTLV1ymUk-\">collectivize<\/a>\u00a0agriculture in 1929.\u00a0Teams of\u00a0<span id=\"m_7192090555544349772yiv3347113475ref1264571\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Communist-Party-of-the-Soviet-Union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Communist-Party-of-the-Soviet-Union&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3rf80fR_hDymegq79p7f3d\">Communist Party<\/a>\u00a0agitators\u00a0forced peasants to relinquish their land, personal property,\u00a0and sometimes housing to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/collective\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/collective&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2XGgZ16TBQscs80lz8SZgj\">collective<\/a>\u00a0farms, and they deported so-called\u00a0<span id=\"m_7192090555544349772yiv3347113475ref1264570\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/kulak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/kulak&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1EEeELG1-6z9iJHJEP8ecT\">kulaks<\/a>\u2014wealthier peasants\u2014as well as any peasants who resisted collectivization altogether. Collectivization led to a drop in production, the disorganization of the rural economy, and food shortages. It also sparked a series of peasant rebellions, including armed uprisings, in some parts of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>The rebellions worried Stalin because they were unfolding in provinces which had, a decade earlier, fought against the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Red-Army\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Red-Army&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2zg_b2rtrEcvHFZxUuzL2Z\">Red Army<\/a>\u00a0during the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Russian-Civil-War\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Russian-Civil-War&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0ENm0InPRswfKOm0O_idip\">Russian Civil War<\/a>. He was also concerned by anger and resistance to the state agricultural policy within the Ukrainian Communist Party. \u201cIf we don\u2019t make an effort now to improve the situation in Ukraine,\u201d he wrote to his colleague\u00a0<span id=\"m_7192090555544349772yiv3347113475ref1264593\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Lazar-Moiseyevich-Kaganovich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Lazar-Moiseyevich-Kaganovich&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0F8P7lYuRKVOVLJbSU39GE\">Lazar Kaganovich<\/a>\u00a0in August 1932, \u201cwe may lose Ukraine.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>That autumn the Soviet\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Politburo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Politburo&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3w0dAhZ13AXl9dXTuHKY8I\">Politburo<\/a>,\u00a0the\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: large;\">(jewish communist)\u00a0<\/span>elite leadership of the Soviet Communist Party, made a series of decisions that widened and deepened the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/dictionary\/famine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/dictionary\/famine&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2FfhbTlnzB2PZbB-_AGcJc\">famine<\/a>\u00a0in the Ukrainian\u00a0countryside.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Farms, villages, and whole towns in Ukraine were placed on blacklists and prevented from receiving food.\u00a0Peasants were forbidden to leave the Ukrainian republic in search of food.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Despite growing starvation, food requisitions were increased and aid was not provided in sufficient quantities. The crisis reached its peak in the winter of 1932\u201333, when organized groups of police and communist apparatchiks ransacked the homes of peasants and took everything edible, from crops to personal food supplies to pets. Hunger and fear drove these actions, but they were reinforced by more than a decade of hateful and conspiratorial\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/rhetoric\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/rhetoric&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1x9z139AwRt8BePCZ0LZeg\">rhetoric<\/a>\u00a0emanating from the highest levels of the Kremlin.<\/div>\n<h2>From famine to extermination<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>The result of Stalin\u2019s campaign was a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/catastrophe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/catastrophe&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3eOksoAaDwhtvyj3snE5G6\">catastrophe<\/a>. In spring 1933 death rates in Ukraine spiked. Between 1931 and 1934 at least 5 million people perished of hunger all across the U.S.S.R. Among them, according to a study conducted by a team of Ukrainian demographers, were at least 3.9 million Ukrainians. Police archives contain multiple descriptions of instances of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/cannibalism-human-behaviour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/cannibalism-human-behaviour&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw02ssMdiv9EkfznsOtpGXss\">cannibalism<\/a>\u00a0as well as lawlessness, theft, and lynching. Mass graves were dug across the countryside. Hunger also affected the urban population, though many were able to survive thanks to ration cards. Still, in Ukraine\u2019s largest cities, corpses could be seen on the street.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/33\/212533-050-3EFB88F9\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victim-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/33\/212533-050-3EFB88F9\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victim-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0H0wKr-atVEgy2_5MyGNoB\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/ci6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/ISfqOStiBXQuswF5hZxFpEU28BsF0-U7vouk3J8CkLQagVBf2pKREyoZ6gsHD2uEwpEbjndfmWCAAm6FPgiN7wKBpUU5WkiBKHgMyKqtsI3P9rKSDfN57vRtOAI5RlHbJm7KKGq1hqubRXZarFLItF6U3hd8Jh-ISstZVFEabLmeQfgdbM4KC3YV1bCl98SrC-wp-y9abzfAuAOGjMBpAMZmTmfi9atgfMmt5M_piFtF=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/33\/212533-050-3EFB88F9\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victim-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg?w=300&amp;h=300\" alt=\"Holodomor\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/33\/212533-050-3EFB88F9\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victim-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/33\/212533-050-3EFB88F9\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victim-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0H0wKr-atVEgy2_5MyGNoB\">Holodomor<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/39\/212539-050-799073E9\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victim-1933-Weinerberg-photographer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/39\/212539-050-799073E9\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victim-1933-Weinerberg-photographer.jpg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0-IocG2xRx_uOVGpiQ8i5o\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/ci4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mv7gViT1L2g2diM3mMmZleOFo5EzcLrFHxyzhNRZT2g9uIyacRtrTyEi2cNnrBPfVTvr1cSE5uQ-_6-_bTmkCUL5Y--rs84uXPRtQLGeMSBBbrIRDy0Tq46VYtpOUae_UnLcfU1eQLg4CSpJIDynY1z1fk2Xh7El0i2SCbrCnvy3jZBr1xsKwiugrfUs0JMMWKh0hHPFdsUSMhZdE-OERA=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/39\/212539-050-799073E9\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victim-1933-Weinerberg-photographer.jpg?w=300&amp;h=300\" alt=\"Holodomor\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/39\/212539-050-799073E9\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victim-1933-Weinerberg-photographer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/39\/212539-050-799073E9\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victim-1933-Weinerberg-photographer.jpg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0-IocG2xRx_uOVGpiQ8i5o\">Holodomor<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>The famine was accompanied by a broader assault on Ukrainian identity.\u00a0While peasants were dying by the millions,\u00a0agents of the Soviet\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/KGB#ref233708\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/KGB%23ref233708&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3TghrM7_6Fez3dKfWB2iyC\">secret police<\/a>\u00a0were targeting the Ukrainian political establishment and intelligentsia.\u00a0The famine provided cover for a campaign of repression and persecution that was carried out against Ukrainian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/culture&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3UrWxBM705MAQZqmTVm95t\">culture<\/a>\u00a0and Ukrainian religious leaders.\u00a0The official policy of Ukrainization, which had encouraged the use of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Ukrainian-language\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Ukrainian-language&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1enz3PpEwgGVrLbViwPQ6H\">Ukrainian language<\/a>, was effectively halted. Moreover, anyone connected to the short-lived Ukrainian People\u2019s Republic\u2014an independent government that had been declared in June 1917 in the wake of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/February-Revolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/February-Revolution&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0YjR1IfPnpKw0SfyrDkHKN\">February Revolution<\/a>\u00a0but was dismantled after the Bolsheviks conquered Ukrainian territory\u2014was subjected to vicious reprisals.\u00a0All those targeted by this campaign were liable to be publicly vilified, jailed, sent to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Gulag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Gulag&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0vcX4rsUh4o_rT5tEWBiKH\">Gulag<\/a>\u00a0(a system of Soviet prisons and forced-labour camps), or executed.\u00a0Knowing that this Russification program would inevitably reach him,\u00a0<span id=\"m_7192090555544349772yiv3347113475ref1264595\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Mykola-Skrypnyk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Mykola-Skrypnyk&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw24oIuCJMzfeFpky4GJC82j\">Mykola Skrypnyk<\/a>, one of the best-known leaders of the Ukrainian Communist Party, committed suicide rather than submit to one of Stalin\u2019s show trials.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/35\/212535-050-C3F80A7F\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victims-dead-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/35\/212535-050-C3F80A7F\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victims-dead-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3P8Ma7TuRaVxOys6AU6Oi4\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/ci6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/XB6ANIbHYprk84x6zXuDEu8CsSrp32klNCHHXfcc7m6CarxQ93KC0Hdnz7g2H6StZQH7SoUcQo88Y0rIAQqr3w0wRx7GL2Jnb0Rmw-3BkU-5ISVjNOFQ6fyn-80xlQvAIM6AsMQQrzLCZhPZ9N-wI_x17zQ81PoNilq8wjd2i7MXtb097DphuB1gU-OEQVSeOPv22XH14evDtSCJ47aoZ7z4GZj2Q6pOcLbP3Aj00HcVpK2_f-Lt=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/35\/212535-050-C3F80A7F\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victims-dead-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg?w=300&amp;h=300\" alt=\"Holodomor\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/35\/212535-050-C3F80A7F\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victims-dead-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/35\/212535-050-C3F80A7F\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-victims-dead-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3P8Ma7TuRaVxOys6AU6Oi4\">Holodomor<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>As the famine was happening, news of it was deliberately silenced by Soviet\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/bureaucrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/bureaucrats&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361938000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Zx7SCw6bsVD7b9hDVk9Fv\">bureaucrats<\/a>. Party officials did not mention it in public. Western journalists based in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Moscow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Moscow&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1eia7dsyeSWYfiy1grb0MH\">Moscow<\/a>\u00a0were instructed not to write about it. One of the most famous Moscow correspondents at the time,\u00a0<span id=\"m_7192090555544349772yiv3347113475ref1264596\"><\/span>Walter Duranty of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/The-New-York-Times\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/The-New-York-Times&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw135gccjb4Qoi04Kvt8KtFo\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a>, went out of his way to dismiss reports of the famine when they were published by a young freelancer,\u00a0<span id=\"m_7192090555544349772yiv3347113475ref1264597\"><\/span>Gareth Jones, as he \u201cthought Mr. Jones\u2019s judgment was somewhat hasty.\u201d Jones was murdered under suspicious circumstances in 1935 in Japanese-occupied\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Mongolia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Mongolia&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2sO-xvXvq_gGoKDIeH2Vyn\">Mongolia<\/a>. Stalin himself went so far as to repress the results of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/census\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/census&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0WWZYqv3dmYh4BrC7F_B8n\">census<\/a>\u00a0taken in 1937; the administrators of that census were arrested and murdered, in part because the figures revealed the decimation of Ukraine\u2019s population.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Although the famine was discussed during the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Ukraine\/The-Nazi-occupation-of-Soviet-Ukraine#ref275916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Ukraine\/The-Nazi-occupation-of-Soviet-Ukraine%23ref275916&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw254o98VjGAoKMWAUj-WwZQ\">Nazi occupation of Ukraine in World War II<\/a>, it became taboo again during the postwar years. The first public mention of it in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Soviet-Union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Soviet-Union&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1812Ee4Oss-9swT9AKDU1w\">Soviet Union<\/a>\u00a0was in 1986, in the aftermath of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Chernobyl-disaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Chernobyl-disaster&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2VamMLZebu9VGYUMKFNd0a\">Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster<\/a>. That disaster too was initially kept secret by Soviet authorities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Assessment<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/40\/212540-050-3A92FD1D\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-mass-graves-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/40\/212540-050-3A92FD1D\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-mass-graves-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2pcDY3xdw7dc-21N3wJ7H8\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/ci4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/zHW9LlFXt21CxF3TAxuZJMpbd3548oWpTHI8nmXbBKqlQGF0IHV71eMw8iqOx69gRITOfZYcfy11BBx0Hdf2OBMetE3D_mmDq8hEBbe4uJgcYm644a-C4dmEsRWfQFpQlH7voTTwKYwuos_F_Ih_iM7kJeJYA2PAYrYl5xDc7jUd9BYCW2_eirafmSHD1hgnxSJUDlyB13TKlcSVNFhGtbzcTn4RaHHQt-DiUR7Iq4kD=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/40\/212540-050-3A92FD1D\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-mass-graves-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg?w=300&amp;h=300\" alt=\"Holodomor\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/40\/212540-050-3A92FD1D\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-mass-graves-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/40\/212540-050-3A92FD1D\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Kharkiv-Ukraine-mass-graves-1933-Alexander-Wienerberger-photographer.jpg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2pcDY3xdw7dc-21N3wJ7H8\">Holodomor<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/42\/212542-050-CDA43A3E\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Ukraine-internment-dead-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberg-photographer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/42\/212542-050-CDA43A3E\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Ukraine-internment-dead-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberg-photographer.jpg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw20KgcC5VXNlGl3KBNJCMEN\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/ci4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/qJn3vznhqRyBjYaPagHBqLYV-Cg-VhDucce_D-oXiQ_HXZg_S58KfMHrE8DlANVFyZs2GX237AIjlnv9fTLSeLta0brDBTAwvVDZONOShjg8DfTOiy-S-PBlZnvz0pwlQyxNG2IzcU61Oi-lw6Sc-kGLnF8z8SzBDnk6J0KNmm2bl8pYtGpd-YqfIlyOkQrMgEzg7UlWuomEcysNIentVbIHqOkIhJqKRD-gqLVBFFE=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/42\/212542-050-CDA43A3E\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Ukraine-internment-dead-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberg-photographer.jpg?w=300&amp;h=300\" alt=\"Holodomor\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/42\/212542-050-CDA43A3E\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Ukraine-internment-dead-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberg-photographer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cdn.britannica.com\/42\/212542-050-CDA43A3E\/Holodomor-Great-Famine-Ukraine-internment-dead-1932-1933-Alexander-Wienerberg-photographer.jpg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw20KgcC5VXNlGl3KBNJCMEN\">Holodomor<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Because the famine was so deadly, and because it was officially denied by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/technology\/kremlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/technology\/kremlin&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3IerY6COtI8UtFY7vi6RVL\">Kremlin<\/a>\u00a0for more than half a century,\u00a0it has played a large role in Ukrainian public memory, particularly since independence. Ukrainian poet\u00a0<span id=\"m_7192090555544349772yiv3347113475ref1264598\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Ivan-Drach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Ivan-Drach&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1hv16vf8lsB36i-4nUqbLM\">Ivan Drach<\/a>\u00a0was the first to speak publicly about the famine,\u00a0in 1986,\u00a0after the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Chernobyl-disaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Chernobyl-disaster&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2VamMLZebu9VGYUMKFNd0a\">Chernobyl disaster<\/a>, citing it as\u00a0an example of how damaging official silence can be.\u00a0Monuments\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/commemorating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/commemorating&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3UWbG-o3C78IRJC73IbmBk\">commemorating<\/a>\u00a0the Holodomor have been erected by the Ukrainian government as well as by the Ukrainian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/diaspora-social-science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/diaspora-social-science&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2XUIyLL5UlIHu0WlUdiY-Z\">diaspora<\/a>, and Holodomor Remembrance Day is observed around the world on the fourth Saturday of November. Ukraine has also invested in research on the famine.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>By early 2019, 16 countries as well as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Vatican-City\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Vatican-City&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1dfiSwL8jelf0fnB7U_vJt\">Vatican<\/a>\u00a0had recognized the Holodomor as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/genocide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/genocide&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3EICzkC1tfnJPbkVfk7olm\">genocide<\/a>, and both houses of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Congress-of-the-United-States\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Congress-of-the-United-States&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1HVIL1hkz0Z-jSYFB5KHUx\">United States Congress<\/a>\u00a0had passed resolutions declaring that\u00a0\u201cJoseph Stalin and those around him committed genocide against the Ukrainians in 1932\u20131933.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Holodomor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Holodomor&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2ISCNAYvuIVBK4e1lTPRux\">https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/<wbr \/>event\/Holodomor<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>In the spring of 1933, the mortality rate in Ukraine became catastrophic<\/strong>.\u00a0The peak of Holodomor fell in June. Then the martyr\u2019s death took away every day 28 thousand people, every hour \u2013 1168 people, and every minute \u2013 20 people.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ci5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/Pt6GppTtYjzUF64LJT4BPVZ8JcDoHLWOWNkdUi3Cf5hAArw4Kqm6RdlBg14Vs8LFvWDNoRGDVtji6G_zP2A_nSEHCmp10p8pgdiGOBrIkH91EavtRnE1MnjWTCGFDJ4=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/holodomormuseum.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1-25-20-005115.jpg\" alt=\"\u0427\u043e\u0440\u043d\u043e-\u0431\u0456\u043b\u0435 \u0444\u043e\u0442\u043e \u0445\u0443\u0434\u0438\u0445 \u0432\u0456\u0434 \u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0443 \u0434\u0456\u0442\u0435\u0439 \u0443 \u043b\u0456\u0436\u043a\u0430\u0445\" width=\"860\" height=\"480\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"a6S\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div id=\":ob\" class=\"T-I J-J5-Ji aQv T-I-ax7 L3 a5q\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Download\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Download attachment \" data-tooltip-class=\"a1V\">\n<div class=\"akn\">\n<div class=\"aSK J-J5-Ji aYr\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/holodomormuseum.org.ua\/en\/export-of-grain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/holodomormuseum.org.ua\/en\/export-of-grain\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0EN4gIT0vbl_TzJMapw42Z\">That all was carried out with large grain stocks, available in the centralized state reserves and large-scale food exports<\/a>.The totalitarian regime\u2019s actions confirm the intention to destroy part of the Ukrainian nation within the specified time limits.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The question of the number of human losses in Ukraine from Holodomor remains open. Most parts of researchers advocate the number of victims of over 7\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/holodomormuseum.org.ua\/en\/mass-mortality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/holodomormuseum.org.ua\/en\/mass-mortality\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0UbTLWodLz5JIy-4lo6rLV\">million people<\/a>\u00a0in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and 3 million Ukrainians in other regions of the USSR: the Kuban, the Central Black Earth region, the Volga region and Kazakhstan.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Certain historical circumstances complicate the calculations and, even more so \u2013 establish the names of the killed.\u00a0The communist totalitarian regime did everything possible to conceal the consequences of its crime.\u00a0It was forbidden to record the real number of deaths. Today, secret lists of some village councils, with the list of\u00a0those who died in 1932-1933,\u00a0were discovered.\u00a0These lists are twice the official data.\u00a0It is quite clear that such cases were\u00a0not\u00a0isolated.\u00a0There was a ban on recording the cause of death as \u201chunger\u201d, so death certificates indicated \u201cfrom typhus\u201d, \u201cexhaustion\u201d, or \u201cfrom old age\u201d.\u00a0In 1934, all the registry office books about death registration were transferred to a specific department of GPU. Ukrainians died out in families, villages, and the records were held not always.\u00a0The level of unreported deaths is unknown, but it is clear that millions died.\u00a0The rate of unreported deaths is unknown, but it is clear that millions died.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Soviet Union convinced the international public \u201cnot to see\u201d the mass murder of Ukrainians with the help of propaganda and bribery of individual journalists.\u00a0However, there were publicists who wrote the truth. Reports of ambassadors and diplomats have been kept.\u00a0The regime took measures to erase the memory of the killing of millions of Ukrainians but the memory of the people is indestructible.\u00a0Moreover, with the independence of Ukraine, the ban on talking about the Holodomor was lifted.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/holodomormuseum.org.ua\/en\/the-history-of-the-holodomor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/holodomormuseum.org.ua\/en\/the-history-of-the-holodomor\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1SZ-AhO7lSJAc_ScqrBLXM\">https:\/\/holodomormuseum.org.<wbr \/>ua\/en\/the-history-of-the-<wbr \/>holodomor\/<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Corona is not for the Jews&#8230;it is for the nonJews..&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/ci5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/c0HXwLHW9VK4ytqFP6F7WI4_1nR9iJOFwMkHnncBDLHlPgsNfQW0UYCsjAfNYFXH7ocb6BL5nlXb6iOaO5ikf2lOWMQKa5EO9FLCdY3r61hpiUnMMPouItJbexptx81hJUwxE-wxWcX7dEA2int2IVkwaYBwpLG0qlLQP5CvTTTszAjFZALMZTh7JLaFq0QKWqWrpRjseUu7KiboeNOJ6DcS1p4Vq21zlArfYRc0KpD7t8NaTzZTtSMG2Dxp75wn-Dbk-gacFuNduEvzpHH8oaavv-5iiSdTpUMLMr4AU3pRnSOad_ZRGSto__bStOXf5c1EKMZGMgFPJ0sIP4Xki98mp2yRfA=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goyimtv.tv%2Ff_data%2Fdata_userfiles%2Fuser_media%2F3703819297%2Ft%2F3390807022%2F0.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=427225c01976ef4fce6e280ba195609e6e31d9c5c8857029092fe235ee65c1bf&amp;ipo=images\" alt=\"Corona is for the GOYIM, not for the JEWS! 6 Million 666's - GoyimTV\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"a6S\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div id=\":oc\" class=\"T-I J-J5-Ji aQv T-I-ax7 L3 a5q\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Download\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Download attachment \" data-tooltip-class=\"a1V\">\n<div class=\"akn\">\n<div class=\"aSK J-J5-Ji aYr\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goyimtv.com\/v\/2617487664\/Corona-Is-For-The-Non-Jews--Not-For-The-Jews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.goyimtv.com\/v\/2617487664\/Corona-Is-For-The-Non-Jews--Not-For-The-Jews&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671404361939000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0BGKhJhE2G1hfI9w094s8T\">https:\/\/www.goyimtv.com\/v\/<wbr \/>2617487664\/Corona-Is-For-The-<wbr \/>Non-Jews&#8211;Not-For-The-Jews<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stalin&#8217;s Genocide of over 30 Million Ukrainian Farmers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}