Cut off from food, Ukrainians recall famine under Stalin, which killed 4 million of them

The Soviet dictator covered up the starvation and cannibalism that stalked Ukraine in the early 1930s

Thirteen percent of the Ukrainian population perished… as Stalin enforced “collectivization.” What followed was “the first truly big lie in the politics of the 20th century…” Stalin denied the famine happened. Most in the outside world knew no better, thanks in part to… the New York Times.

Archived from the Washington Post: https://archive.ph/OZk4q

The fourth Saturday in November is Holodomor Remembrance Day.

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