October 31, 2025
Holodomor
The Holodomor is not a historical fabrication,
but a historical event whose causes and intentions are disputed.
It refers to the death of millions of peasants from starvation during the famine
of the 1930s, caused by the failure of communism and a policy of accelerated
industrialization — similar to what later occurred in China (the “Great Leap
Forward”) and in Cambodia (under Pol Pot).
Holodomor, in fact, means “extermination by hunger” and, according to the
Ukrainian interpretation, denotes a deliberate intent to exterminate Ukrainians.
But famine struck throughout the USSR; it was more severe in Ukraine because it
was the most agrarian region — the “breadbasket” of the Soviet Union.