On Nov. 28, Ukraine commemorated the victims of the Holodomor, man-made famine of 1932-1933 that took the lives of millions in Ukraine. Stalin’s genocide against Ukrainians lasted from the spring of 1932 throughout the fall and cold winter until the spring of 1933. We don’t know exactly how many Ukrainians died of starvation because the Soviet government didn’t tally the deaths, however, recent estimates of historians place the death toll at 3.9 million. Ukraine observes Holodomor Remembrance Day on the fourth Saturday of November.
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People light candles near the Holodomor Memorial in Kyiv on Nov. 28, 2020. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of Kyivans came to the Holodomor Memorial to commemorate victims of the deadliest famine in Ukraine.
