Ukrainians honour Holodomor famine victims
Vigils nationwide remember those who died under the Soviet’s starvation policy
Ukraine is today remembering the victims of the 1930’s Holodomor famine.
Vigils are being held at memorials and homes nationwide. The annual day commemorates the victims of the man-made famine designed by the Soviet leadership. These pictures are from this morning in the city of Zaporizhia.
Kyiv’s National Memorial to victims of the Holodomor will host the main ceremony – Ukraine’s top officials and church leaders are attending.
A minute of silence will be held nationwide at 4 pm (Kyiv time).
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Some 4.5 million died is the former USSR during the famine, according to estimates by the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences in 2013 – those killed by the “death by famine” policy totaled 7-8 million.
Ukraine Today is broadcasting special documentaries to honour those victims throughout the day.
On November 28, 2015, the Memorial service for Victims of the #Holodomor was held in Holy Trinity Church, Helsinki pic.twitter.com/fTFEocRj2u
— UKR Embassy in FIN (@UA_Emb_FI) November 28, 2015
Statement on #Holodomor by Sir @GeraldHowarth MP Chairman of All Party Parliamentary Group on #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/Yz6u7t4WyF
— Ukraine’s Emb. to UK (@UkrEmbLondon) November 28, 2015
Today we remember millions of people who died during #Holodomor in #Ukraine in 1930ties- unspeakable crime of Stalin his henchmen
— Edgars Rinkēvičs (@edgarsrinkevics) November 28, 2015
Geography of 1932-33 #Holodomor: central #Ukraine heartland hardest hit, acc to latest demographic work on mortality https://t.co/Nt5GQXGx33
— Roman Waschuk (@WaschukCanUA) November 28, 2015
In solidarity with Ukraine we remember millions killed through orchestrated starvation by Stalinist regime in 1930s,#Holodomor,@PavloKlimkin
— Linas Linkevicius (@LinkeviciusL) November 28, 2015
#Holodomor Exhibition in @ScotParl to raise awareness amongst MSPs about Great Famine of 1932–1933 in #Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/mMxTqsJTZo
— UKR Consulate in EDI (@UKRinEdinburgh) November 27, 2015
Today we remember the millions killed in the Soviet Communist genocide through starvation,the 1932-33 #Holodomor RIP pic.twitter.com/WF5wjlddnd
— Jason Kenney (@jkenney) November 28, 2015
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