![]() ![]() ![]() This event therefore became known as the Great Ukraine Famine or the Holdomar, which loosely translates as “to kill by famine” reflecting a belief among those affected that the Soviet authorities used the destruction and seizure of crops and livestock to eliminate any sense of Ukrainian identity and independence and firmly install communist authority over this fertile and strategic region. This book centres on the horrific and formative events that occurred in Ukraine from 1932-1934 and resulted in the death of upwards of four million people in a series of politically orchestrated famines perpetrated by Soviet officials on the Ukrainian people.ĭuring this tragic and chaotic period, (which incidentally occurred in one of the most agriculturally productive areas of Europe) Ukraine saw not only the destruction of most of its rural and small urban communities but the systemic eradication of much of its culture, which had been in existence for hundreds if not thousands of years. ![]()
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