Holodomor in Modern Politics

Holodomor In Modern Politics

Main article: Holodomor

The Holodomor (Ukrainian: Голодомор, literal translation Death by hunger) was a man made famine in the Ukrainian SSR and adjacent Cossack territories between 1932 and 1933. During the famine, which is also known as the "terror-famine in Ukraine" and "famine-genocide in Ukraine", millions of Ukrainians died of starvation in a peacetime catastrophe unprecedented in the history of Ukraine.

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