Holodomor Genocide Research Paper

The topic that I have chosen to research about is the Holodomor Genocide. The Holodomor was a man-made famine in the Ukrainian Soviet Republic in 1932 and 1933 that killed an estimated 2.5 million to 7.5 million Ukrainians. Under the rule of Joseph Stalin, this was done to teach Ukraine’s independent farmers “a lesson they would not forget” for resisting collectivization. Which meant giving up their land and livestock to the state. People were dying at the rate of 30,000 per day and at least 4 million of the counted deaths were due to starvation. This does not include deportations, executions, or deaths from ordinary causes. Eventually, Soviet regions are brought in to sweep through all villages and confiscate hidden grain and all food from the farmers' homes. Stalin denies to the world that there is any famine in Ukraine, and continues to export millions of tons of grain, more than enough to have saved every starving man, woman and child. …show more content…
They sent food supplies to Ukraine to assist the starving people along with other countries. When the shipments arrived in Ukraine the soviets destroyed them and it never reached the people. The United States never were aware of this and it did not benefit at all for the staving Ukraine’s. Stalin was trying his hardest to keep this a secret from the world. As well was the United States because they were not releasing information to the public of what was going on in Ukraine. Therefore, the United States involvement couldn’t have been controversial due to Americans lacking knowledge on what actions the U.S.