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Russia has a long legacy of suppressing freedom movements in Ukraine, the most recent of which is the annexation of Crimea and subsequent ongoing invasion of Donbas, which happened following the victory of the Euromadian revolution that resulted in the ousting of pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych. Ukraine’s history in the 20th century is a showcase of such examples. One of the most prominent ones is the story of Holodomor, or Ukrainian Famine, perpetrated by Stalin as a consequence of mass peasant uprisings in Ukraine against enforced collectivization. The Kremlin’s official pretext was to eliminate private land owners, the perceived enemies of the state – called “kurkuls” in Ukrainian/ “kulaks” in Russian. Holodomor radically crushed the ability of Ukrainian peasants to rebel against Stalin’s oppression and resulted in the starvation of up to 10 million people. This post features newly released photographs of the peasant uprisings that led to Stalin’s genocidal famine from from the archives of the SBU /Ukraine Security Service. Many photos were taken by the Soviet Cheka, or secret police.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 10:04:36 +0000

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