Ukrainian genocide
The word Holodomor (Ukrainian: Голодомор) is the name given to the genocide of the Ukrainian people around the years 1932-1933. The name literally means "death by hunger". Holodomor was a man-made famine carried out by Stalin and the Soviets to intentionally destroy the nationalistic Ukrainian people who posed a threat to the Soviet Union. The Soviets forcibly collectivized almost all of the Ukrainian farms in the "breadbasket of the world" and stole the peasant’s food, thereby creating a devastating famine.
Memorials and Remembrances
The fourth Sunday of November is officially Holodomor Remembrance Day[1]. President Viktor Yushchenko has proposed a bill in Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, to strenghthen punishment for denial of Holodomor[2] There are many memorials for Holodomor victims throughout North America and Ukraine, the most famous being in Kyiv(Kiev).