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Saturday, March 14, 2026

Collection of facts about Holodomor

This post is a collection of facts about Holodomor (1932-1933). There are 6 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine
• Debated if it was intentional to eliminate a Ukrainian independence movement
• Caused by collectivization of agriculture and Soviet industrialization
• Ukraine was a large grain-producing state and had high quotas
• 4.3 million tons of grain produced in 1932 harvest (7.2 million tons in 1931)
• Deaths: 3.5 to 5 million