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Ukraine commemorates victims of Holodomor famine (PHOTOS)

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Deputy Speaker of Parliament Olena Kondratiuk puts flowers at the monument dedicated to the Holodomor famine victims in Kyiv on Nov. 28, 2020. On the fourth Saturday of November, Ukraine commemorates victims of the famines of 1921-1923, 1932-1933, and 1946-1947.
Photo by Oleg Petrasiuk

On Nov. 28, 2020, the fourth Saturday of November, Ukraine commemorates victims of Holodomor, an artificial famine imposed by the Soviet authorities that killed millions of Ukrainians in 1932-1933. This day is also for commemoration of victims of the famines of 1921-1923 and 1946-1947.

Despite the coronavirus pandemic and quarantine, several hundred people came to put candles and flowers at the Holodomor Memorial in central Kyiv.

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