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==Results==

==Results==

The total results of the famine were horrific. Up to 14.5 million people were starved to death.<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>  In the years 1932-1933, between 7 and 10 million people were killed in [[Ukraine]] alone.<ref>http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages\T\E\Terror.htm</ref>  It is estimated that over 25,000 people died a day, 1000 an hour, and 17 a minute. Many of these victims were children.  The total number of deaths surpassed those of [[World War I]].<ref name=Conquest />  [[Cannibalism]] was reported across the country<ref>http://www.ucca.org/famine/</ref>.

The total results of the famine were horrific. Up to 14.5 million people were starved to death.<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>  In the years 1932-1933, between 7 and 10 million people were killed in [[Ukraine]] alone.<ref>[http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages\T\E\Terror.htm Encyclopedia of Ukraine]</ref>  It is estimated that over 25,000 people died a day, 1000 an hour, and 17 a minute. Many of these victims were children.  The total number of deaths surpassed those of [[World War I]].<ref name=Conquest />  [[Cannibalism]] was reported across the country<ref>[http://www.ucca.org/famine/ Ukrainian Congress Committee of America]</ref>.

{{cquote|"Our neighbour killed his wife, dismembered her body and was seen to make soup of her"<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3229000.stm</ref>}}  

{{cquote|"Our neighbour killed his wife, dismembered her body and was seen to make soup of her"<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3229000.stm BBC News ''Ukraine marks great famine anniversary'']</ref>}}  

It is estimated that the famine claimed the lives of 10-20% of Ukraine's population.<ref>http://ukrainians.rutgers.edu/holodomor.htm</ref>  Famous [[Russian]] author [[Boris Pasternak]], who visited the area, commented{{cquote|"What I saw could not be expressed in words.  There was such inhuman, unimaginable misery, such a terrible disaster, that it began to seem almost abstract, it would not fit within the bounds of consciousness. I fell ill. For an entire year I could not write."<ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,963051,00.html</ref>}}

It is estimated that the famine claimed the lives of 10-20% of Ukraine's population.<ref>http://ukrainians.rutgers.edu/holodomor.htm</ref>  Famous [[Russian]] author [[Boris Pasternak]], who visited the area, commented{{cquote|"What I saw could not be expressed in words.  There was such inhuman, unimaginable misery, such a terrible disaster, that it began to seem almost abstract, it would not fit within the bounds of consciousness. I fell ill. For an entire year I could not write."<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,963051,00.html TIME ''The War Against the Peasants'']</ref>}}

==Cover-up and "Controversy"==

==Cover-up and "Controversy"==

[[Image:Holodomorchildren.jpg|left|thumb|Starving children Poltava, 1933]]

[[Image:Holodomorchildren.jpg|left|thumb|Starving children Poltava, 1933]]

Holodomor was forcefully covered up by both the Soviet authorities and by various Soviet sympathizers in the West.<ref name=Conquest />  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/</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</ref>.  Also included is [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref>http://www.skrobach.com/ukrhol.htm</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</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</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</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</ref>.

Holodomor was forcefully covered up by both the Soviet authorities and by various Soviet sympathizers in the West.<ref name=Conquest />  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>.

==Memorials and Remembrances==

==Memorials and Remembrances==

[[Image:Holodomor.jpg|right|thumb|Memorial in Kyiv]]

[[Image:Holodomor.jpg|right|thumb|Memorial in Kyiv]]

The fourth Sunday of November is officially Holodomor Remembrance Day<ref>http://www.artukraine.com/famineart/forcedfam.htm</ref>.  President [[Viktor Yushchenko]] has proposed a bill in [[Verkhovna Rada]], Ukraine's parliament, to strenghthen punishment for denial of Holodomor<ref>http://ww8.president.gov.ua/en/news/data/1_14606.html</ref>  There are many memorials for Holodomor victims throughout North America and Ukraine, the most famous being in [[Kiev|Kyiv]](Kiev).

The fourth Sunday of November is officially Holodomor Remembrance Day<ref>http://www.artukraine.com/famineart/forcedfam.htm</ref>.  President [[Viktor Yushchenko]] has proposed a bill in [[Verkhovna Rada]], Ukraine's parliament, to strenghthen punishment for denial of Holodomor<ref>[http://ww8.president.gov.ua/en/news/data/1_14606.html President of Ukraine Official Website ''President proposes Holodomor bill'']</ref>  There are many memorials for Holodomor victims throughout North America and Ukraine, the most famous being in [[Kiev|Kyiv]](Kiev).

==References==

==References==