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Holodomor was forcefully covered up by both the Soviet authorities and by various Soviet sympathizers in the West.<ref name=Conquest>Robert Conquest, ''The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine''. Oxford University Press, 1986. ISBN 0-19-505180-7.</ref>  At the time the genocide was committed, the Soviet authorities tried to keep any mention of it from coming out.  Later, they kept any information from coming out from behind the Iron Curtain.  Soviet historians tried to erase all evidence of this tragedy.  They were aided by Western journalists like [[Walter Duranty]] of the ''New York Times'', who not only helped conceal all evidence of Holodomor, but also called other journalists who reported on it liars<ref>[http://www.ucca.org/famine/ Ukrainian Congress Committee of America]</ref><ref name=Conquest />. The lack of knowledge of this genocide was observed by English writer [[George Orwell]], who commented "''huge events like the Ukraine famine of 1933, involving the deaths of millions of people, have actually escaped the attention of the majority of English Russophiles"''.<ref>"''Notes on Nationalism''" in "The ''Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell''" ([[London]], 1968), Vol. 3, p. 370.</ref>  The Soviets managed to cover this up until Ukraine’s independence in 1991.  Official Soviet documents recently declassified revealed that the genocide was indeed intended to target the Ukrainian people<ref>http://5tv.com.ua/eng/newsline/184/0/33564/</ref>.   

Holodomor was forcefully covered up by both the Soviet authorities and by various Soviet sympathizers in the West.<ref name=Conquest>Robert Conquest, ''The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine''. Oxford University Press, 1986. ISBN 0-19-505180-7.</ref>  At the time the genocide was committed, the Soviet authorities tried to keep any mention of it from coming out.  Later, they kept any information from coming out from behind the Iron Curtain.  Soviet historians tried to erase all evidence of this tragedy.  They were aided by Western journalists like [[Walter Duranty]] of the ''New York Times'', who not only helped conceal all evidence of Holodomor, but also called other journalists who reported on it liars<ref>[http://www.ucca.org/famine/ Ukrainian Congress Committee of America]</ref><ref name=Conquest />. The lack of knowledge of this genocide was observed by English writer [[George Orwell]], who commented "''huge events like the Ukraine famine of 1933, involving the deaths of millions of people, have actually escaped the attention of the majority of English Russophiles"''.<ref>"''Notes on Nationalism''" in "The ''Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell''" ([[London]], 1968), Vol. 3, p. 370.</ref>  The Soviets managed to cover this up until Ukraine’s independence in 1991.  Official Soviet documents recently declassified revealed that the genocide was indeed intended to target the Ukrainian people<ref>http://5tv.com.ua/eng/newsline/184/0/33564/</ref>.   

To this day there are still [[Stalinists]] and Russophiles who attempt to deny Holodomor was genocide, despite the fact that the governments of over 10 nations have officially recognized it as genocide.  These countries are: [[United States of America|U.S.A.]], [[Canada]], [[Estonia]], [[Argentina]], [[Australia]], [[Italy]], [[Hungary]], [[Lithuania]], [[Georgia]], [[Poland]], and Ukraine itself <ref>[http://www.ukrainianworldcongress.org/Holodomor/Passed_resolutions/IVForum_petition.html List of nations recognizing the genocide of the Ukrainians]</ref>.  Also included is [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref>[http://www.skrobach.com/ukrhol.htm Official statement of Pope John Paul II.]</ref> In 2003, the 70th anniversary of the famine, Soviet sympathizers in the [[United Nations|UN]] said the famine "ranks with the worst atrocities of our time" but did not use the word genocide<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4471256.stm BBC News ''Ukraine demands 'genocide' marked'']</ref>. Russia still refuses to admit that it committed genocide.  In 2003 the Russian ambassador to Ukraine, Viktor Chernomyrdin, said "We're not going to apologise... there is nobody to apologise to.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4471256.stm BBC News ''Ukraine demands 'genocide' marked'']</ref>"  The Russians were, however, well aware of what was really going on.  One of Stalin's lieutenants claimed in 1933 that the genocide was working.  He said it showed the peasants "who is the master here. It cost millions of lives, but the collective farm system is here to stay.<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/ukra.html Library of Congress, ''Revelations from the Russian Archives, Ukrainian Famine'']</ref>" In 1988, the U. S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine reported to [[Congress]], confirming that genocide was committed<ref>[http://www.faminegenocide.com/resources/findings.html U. S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine reported to Congress]</ref>.

To this day there are still [[Stalinism|Stalinists]] and Russophiles who attempt to deny Holodomor was genocide, despite the fact that the governments of over 22 nations have officially recognized it as genocide.  These countries are: [[Argentina]], [[Australia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Belgium]], [[Brazil]], [[Canada]], [[Colombia]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Ecuador]], [[Estonia]], [[Republic of Georgia|Georgia]], [[Italy]], [[Hungary]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Moldova]], [[Paraguay]], [[Poland]], [[Peru]], [[Spain]], [[United States of America|U.S.A.]] and Ukraine itself.  Also included is [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref>[http://www.skrobach.com/ukrhol.htm Official statement of Pope John Paul II.]</ref> In 2003, the 70th anniversary of the famine, Soviet sympathizers in the [[United Nations|UN]] said the famine "ranks with the worst atrocities of our time" but did not use the word genocide<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4471256.stm BBC News ''Ukraine demands 'genocide' marked'']</ref>. Russia still refuses to admit that it committed genocide.  In 2003 the Russian ambassador to Ukraine, Viktor Chernomyrdin, said "We're not going to apologise... there is nobody to apologise to.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4471256.stm BBC News ''Ukraine demands 'genocide' marked'']</ref>"  The Russians were, however, well aware of what was really going on.  One of Stalin's lieutenants claimed in 1933 that the genocide was working.  He said it showed the peasants "who is the master here. It cost millions of lives, but the collective farm system is here to stay.<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/ukra.html Library of Congress, ''Revelations from the Russian Archives, Ukrainian Famine'']</ref>" In 1988, the U. S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine reported to [[Congress]], confirming that genocide was committed<ref>[http://www.faminegenocide.com/resources/findings.html U. S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine reported to Congress]</ref>.

==Memorials and Remembrances==

==Memorials and Remembrances==