Ukraine remembers a famine under Stalin, and points to parallels with Putin : NPR

Written by on November 28, 2022

Visitors to the National Museum of the Holodomor Genocide look though a book with some of the names of the 4 million or more Ukrainians who died in the 1932-33 famine. In the background is a photo of one of the victims of that period.

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KYIV, Ukraine — As bells rang out at a centuries-old monastery, Ukrainians stepped out into a cold, misty night to light candles in memory of the devastating famine of 1932-33.

This annual commemoration was especially poignant this year . . .



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