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2026-05-21 18:37 UTC

The 1930s famine wasn’t a genocide, but yes, this was the last major famine outside of war time in a region where famine was common. Collectivizing agriculture and advancing in industrialization ended food insecurity.

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@Egriaga@lemmy.ml 2026-05-21 18:42

Raphael lemkin the guy who initiated the genocide convention said “is a classic example of the Soviet genocide, the longest and most extensive experiment in Russification, namely the extermination of the Ukrainian nation”. Lemkin stated that it consisted of four steps: Extermination of the Ukrainian national elite, “the brain of the nation”, which took place in 1920, 1926 and 1930–1933 Liquidation of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, “the soul of the nation”, which occurred between 1926 and 1932 and during which 10,000 of its priests were killed. Lemkin highlighted that before liquidation, the Church was offered the opportunity to join the Russian Patriarchate, which Lemkin argues “indicates that the only goal of this action was Russification.” Extermination of a significant part of the Ukrainian peasantry as “custodians of traditions, folklore and music, national language and literature, and the national spirit” (the Holodomor itself) Populating the territory with other nationalities with intent of mixing Ukrainians with them, which would eventually lead to the dissolution of the Ukrainian nation.

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