Holodomor: The Ukrainian Genocide

In a day and age when we hear “Russia” and “fake news” in every other news cast, it is shocking that one of the worst cases of propaganda and fake news has yet to be totally publically accepted. Known as “Holodomor” the Ukrainian genocide continues to be one of Russian dirtiest, well kept secret. Starting in the late 20’s the with mass arrests and deportations, it culminated with a man-made famine from 1932-1933, it is believed that Stalin was able to kill between 7 to 14 million Ukrainian nationals. The Soviets propaganda machine blatantly lied about the famine, even telling the NY Times, “Any report of a famine in Russia is today and exaggeration or a malignant piece of propaganda.There is no actual starvation or deaths …” So well hidden was this secret that the Ukrainians themselves would not recognized the victims until 2006, with some Russian still claiming it to be “fake news” or false history. But putting it simply “Holodomor” was the systematic deportation, elimination, and starvation of …show more content…
It is no surprise that in the days of the formation of the “iron curtain” Stalin would reach out for Ukraine, some experts believe. Known as the breadbasket of Eastern Europe, Ukraine was exactly what the Stalin war machine would need to secure a regular food source for his army. Unfortunately, the best lands of the Ukraine were held by some very successful, nationalist Ukrainian farmers who refused to fall in line. To garner control of these areas the KGB under Stalin would begin with mass arrests and deportation to Siberia with whispers of killings to follow. Most of these would be family members of prominent farmers in areas Russia hoped to control. Still this was not enough to break the Ukrainians. When these actions were not enough Stalin would escalate his actions in the Ukraine into a full-blown, man-made famine that would eliminate as many as 14 million