Holodomor: Engineered Famine in Ukraine

Did you know that millions starved to death while food was deliberately taken away?

In 1932 and 1933, a catastrophic famine struck Soviet Ukraine. The event is known as the Holodomor.

At the time, Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. Under the leadership of Joseph Stalin,

the Soviet government enforced rapid collectivization of agriculture. Grain quotas were set at impossible

levels, and food was confiscated from rural communities. When villagers could not meet the quotas,

punishment followed. Entire regions were sealed off. Travel was restricted. Even seed grain

was taken. The result was mass starvation. Millions died—not because food did

not exist, but because access to it was denied. At the same time, the Soviet state