Between 1932 and 1933 the country of Ukraine experienced ‘Holodomor’ or Great Famine that was said to cause by ‘Joseph Stalin’s agricultural collectivization policies’, the perfect example of what happens under a totalitarian regime.  This genocide is getting ready to mark its 75^th anniversary and the General Assembly of the United Nations has been asked by Ukraine to commemorate this dark time in Ukrainian history.

Says Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Nations Yuriy Sergeyev, “The Holodomor, which literally meant killing by hunger, had been caused by Joseph Stalin’s agricultural collectivization policies, because human life [meant] nothing compared to the gigantic economic and military plans of the regime.” Of course there is strong objection to the request coming from Russia as a tactic of the country to direct attention away from Ukraine’s current political situation.

Sergeyev, like many Ukrainians, feel that the event was important enough to warrant a commemoration in an effort to help show the cruelty of this type of regime and to prevent something similar from happening in the future.  More than 10 million people from Ukraine and other areas of the Soviet Union died of starvation in Volga Region, the Northern Caucasus, Kazakhstan and other parts of the Soviet Union.  The countries request is not unusual and there has been precedence set for this type of commemoration in Spain and other European countries already.

You can read more about the Great Famine at circleof13.blogspot.com