The Holodomor, also known as the Ukrainian famine, was a massive man made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians. It was part of the wider Soviet famine of 1930 to 1933, which affected the major grain producing areas of the Soviet Union.
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Death Toll, Low EstimateA 2003 joint statement to the United Nations signed by 25 countries cited 7 to 10 million deaths; more recent scholarship estimates a lower range of 3.5 to 5 million. This entry records the more recent scholarly range. Connections
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Wikimedia FoundationLead section, first sentence naming the famine's span and location
The Holodomor, also known as the Ukrainian famine, was a massive man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians.
Lead section, first sentence naming Soviet Ukraine
The Holodomor, also known as the Ukrainian famine, was a massive man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians.
Sentence on more recent death-toll scholarship
More recent scholarship has estimated a lower range of between 3.5 and 5 million victims.
Sentence on more recent death-toll scholarship (high end)
More recent scholarship has estimated a lower range of between 3.5 and 5 million victims.
Holodomor: Event Type
The Holodomor, also known as the Ukrainian famine, was a massive man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians.
Participant: Joseph Stalin, Lead paragraph
Some historians conclude that the famine was deliberately engineered by Joseph Stalin to eliminate a Ukrainian independence movement
In Era: The Late Modern Period, lead paragraph and infobox, dates
The Holodomor, also known as the Ukrainian famine, was a massive man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainian
In Group: Events of the Depression and the Road to War, 1930 to 1945, Lead
The Holodomor, also known as the Ukrainian famine, was a massive man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians.
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