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Thursday, March 12, 2009

The Truth About Holodomor

It is quite sad really how people dies due to famine or poverty, while some others complain a lot of having not enough. I was wandering and reading some articles and my curiosity for other depressive and oppressive conditions spiked me as I happened to chance upon an article about a great famine that I never heard of before.

It was the Golomodor, also known as holodomor in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic during the pre-war years from 1932-1933. Millions of people died of starvation during these times caused by famine when Soviet policies forced into collective farms under the Stalin dictatorship. There was so much debate arising from this great catastrophe whether or not this was an act of genocide or simply was a result of the economic problems brought about the changes of Soviet industrialization.

The name is derived from two Ukrainian words mor (plague) and holod (hunger) and literally means “plague of hunger” (Making Sense of Suffering by Johan Dietsch. This was a famine engineered by the Soviet Union as part of a series of actions, including mass executions, designed to destroy the Ukrainian nation. Census data reveal a shortfall of 11,000, 000 in the Ukrainian population by 1937. Before and during 1937 large numbers of Ukrainians would be executed in the Great Terror which, although all the Soviet Union was affected, had a specifically Ukrainian dimension.

Perhaps the worst part about this mass murder is the success of its cover-up by the communist regime abetted by many western correspondents stationed in the Soviet Union at the time.

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6 comments:

Meryl (proud pinay) said...

sad to hear this...
btw sis, about the xlink...
i will add you to my friend's link^_^
c u around. thanks.

Meryl (proud pinay) said...

sad to hear this...
btw sis, about the xlink...
i will add you to my friend's link^_^
c u around. thanks.

grace said...

hi madz, been long time since i drop here, been busy lately, musta na? hows your tummy? hope your doing great

Anonymous said...

agoy palabi jud na sya ug panguha sa opps oh...grabi makadakop kay haruson man tanan...hehhe..gray na nuon ang opps dire...hehhehe!

Salamat sa imong comments dangz...hahhaha...intawon hinay man ang negosyo sa layout karon panahona...hehhehe!

hahha...atot...sure dangz...I will let you know pag nako time..I will make you a new layout sa imo blog...basta ikaw libre...ayaw lang saba...hehhe..secret lang nato...hehhe..kalay!

hahha..grabi sad kay kamo man jud duha ang palautot no? hehhe...ako kay silent but deadly...si banana raman ang walay day nga di ka gawas ang gas...hehhee....grabi sad kay partner man jud mo sa inototay...hahahha...the more the merrier!

kato tuong header dangz...tagaan taka tom sa place nga naay 3 columns....aw kung pwede ako nalang ilis kung oks lang sa imo...para d naka kapuyan..lisod ning buros ta...hehehhe! sa tanan nako nahimo nga layout ako ra man ga install...hehhe...pero kung oks lang sad sa imo...hehhehe!

Just let me know lang ugma...kay karon duka duka nako....hehhe..nya wapa ko katunga sa pagbloghop...hehhehe!

Hoist tuod...d kana jud ma reach ha...kay naa man sad diay mo property sa Laguna...wow sosyal..unsa to ninyo dangz...rest house? hoi kuyawa sad nimo ah...hehhehe...saludo na jud ko sa imo dangz...kay grabi na kaayo ka kasapian...hehhee!

hala sige sa sunod nasad nga kabanata...hehhehe...au-au permi///mwah!

Umma said...

Hiya Dhangz... naa na sad me diri.. musta na ang buros diha? Mag cge ra pangina-on na sad? hahha.. kalami aning buntis ka kay naay excuse mokaon ug daghan hahaha..

Hinay hinay lang ka diha unya.. cge ka ug grab naman sang opps.. Abi nako nag rest ang beauty nimo.. kalam jud ang kamot di maka touch ug computer no? hahaha.. pag gawas ni baby.. una jud learn ug blog sia puhon di ba? hahaha..

Unsa man ang nasagap nako na balita diri from Sistah Dhemz Dhangz, naay ka diay mansion sa Laguna... hilom hilom ka lang diha ha? SAbi ko na.. daghan ka na naipon diha.. puede ka na magbuhay reyna sa Pinas.. hahaha..Cguro super big sad ang mansion nyo sa Bohol no?

Pila man ang palit nyo Dhangz.. btw, di ka pa citizen diha sa UK? pag citizen ka diha Dhangz, puede ka pa palit property sa Pinas? Mao na ang akon na gusto mahibaw-an Dhangz.. kay basi puhon, kon naay moolah hahaha.

Dhangz, I heard about the Escaya Beach sa Bohol, naka adto ka na ba kamo ni banana Dhangz? Super mahal diay ang per day didto? Kalami didto ug vacation cguro, tapos mag SPA naman.. aguy! sarap.. ganahan jud ko ug ing-ana.

BTW, Dhangz.. adto me sa TPE sa Sunday Dhangz kay me sakit man si Mama nako.. mo visit me upod ko si YL lang..kon naa me time, basi lupad sad me sa Pinas para magkita me ni Mareng Niko at Kittykat sa Manila..

Sana kita sad kita no Dhangz no? Cge lang, planohon sa nato ang aton na reunion sa UK naman hahaha..

o CGE Dhangz.. ayu ayu diha.. take care always ha? Mwah mwah

Mommy Liz said...

Why mass murder? I thought many died of starvation? medyo di ko ma comprehend ang summation ng story.

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