Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic starved to death
in what was the largest man-made famine in history.

Most people throughout the world are aware of the Holocaust, a genocide perpetrated against European Jews by the Nazis under Adolf Hitler. However, few are aware of the great genocide that occurred in the Soviet Ukraine during the winter of 1932 - 33. Somewhere between 2 and 7.5 million men, women and children died of starvation during a forced famine. This famine was perpetrated by Joseph Stalin and his cronies in Ukraine.

For years news of the famine was downplayed or ignored. Only after some 50 years did the United States government turn its attention to the Ukrainian genocide. In 1983 the Commission on the Ukraine Famine was established by the U.S. Congress. On April 22, 1988, the Commission presented a 523-page report. The conclusions were direct and to the point:

"The victims of the Ukrainian Famine numbered in the millions. The Famine was not, as is often alleged, related to drought. The Ukrainian Famine of 1932 - 1933 was caused by maximum extraction of agricultural produce from the rural population. Stalin knew that people were starving to death in Ukraine by late 1932."

Between 1932 and 1933, over six million people in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic starved to death in what was the largest man-made famine in history.

Who: Jews; Ukrainians, Farmers, and General Population
When: 1918-21; 1930-38 (highest numbers from 1932-33)
Where: Soviet Republic of Ukraine and throughout the Soviet Empire
Estimated Numbers: Approx. 100-200,000 Jews; 5 million Ukrainians killed 1932-33, 14-15 million Soviet peasants 1930-37, and at least 3 million "enemies of the people" 1937-38

Links

1. The Artificial Famine/Genocide in Ukraine 1932-33

2. Ukrainian Famine Soviet Exhibit

3. The Great Famine-Genocide In Soviet Ukraine, 1932-1933 Gallery

4. Artificial Famine in Ukraine

5. Revelations from the Russian Archives

6. Campaign to End Genocide: Soviet Union