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| The '''Holodomor''' (]: ''Famine-genocide'') is the ]–] ] in ], the lower ] region, and northern ], in which four million or more persons died of ]. | The '''Holodomor''' (]: ''Famine-genocide'') is the Ukrainian term for the ]–] ] in ], the lower ] region, and northern ], in which four million or more persons died of ]. | ||
| The term is used by those who consider that this was an artificial famine, a deliberate ] committed as part of ]'s forced ]. | The term is used by those who consider that this was an artificial famine, a deliberate ] committed as part of ]'s forced ]. | ||
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The Holodomor (Ukrainian: Famine-genocide) is the Ukrainian term for the 1932–33 famine in Ukraine, the lower Volga region, and northern Caucasus, in which four million or more persons died of starvation.
The term is used by those who consider that this was an artificial famine, a deliberate genocide committed as part of Josef Stalin's forced collectivization program under the Soviet Union.
The nature and causes of the famine is a controversial, politically-loaded topic, and subject to debate by historians. Many maintain that the famine was a natural consequence of Soviet forced collectivization and associated resistance, exacerbating an already poor harvest. Others criticize Ukrainian communities as using the term Holodomor to appropriate the larger-scale tragedy of collectivization as their own national terror-famine, thus exploiting it for political purposes.
Related articles
- Famines in Russia and USSR
- Ukraine section of the article Collectivization in the USSR includes a history of the famine
- Walter Duranty
- Robert Conquest