The Holodomor of Ukraine

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The Holodomor (Ukrainian:"Extermination by hunger" or "Hunger-extermination; "Killing by Starvation")was an orchestrated famine in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1932 and 1933 that killed about 4 million Ukrainians.


Pedestrians walking past bodies of starved peasants on a street in Kharkiv, 1933.

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During the famine, which is also known as the "Terror-Famine in Ukraine" and "Famine-Genocide in Ukraine", millions of citizens of the Ukrainian SSR, the majority of whom were Ukrainians, died of starvation in a peacetime catastrophe unprecedented in the history of Ukraine.


Passers-by and the corpse of a starved man on a street in Kharkiv, 1932

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Since 2006, the Holodomor has been recognized by the independent Ukraine and several other countries as a genocide of the Ukrainian people.


Photograph by Gareth Jones showing starving children during the famine

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Photograph by Alexander Wienerberger, 1933

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Remembrance


Candles and wheat as a symbol of remembrance during the Holodomor Remembrance Day 2013 in Lviv

To honour those who perished in the Holodomor, monuments have been dedicated and public events held annually in Ukraine and worldwide.

Since 2006, Ukraine officially marks a Holodomor memorial day on the fourth Saturday of November.

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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 17 May 2010 near Memorial to the Holodomor Victims in Kiev

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"Light the candle" event at a Holodomor memorial in Kiev

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Monument in Boryspil, Ukraine, Kiev Oblast

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Memorial cross in Kharkiv, Ukraine

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Roman Kowal's Holodomor Memorial in Winnipeg, Canada

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Monument near Chicago, Illinois, USA

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