The Ukrainian genocide of 1932 -1933

By Andy, Jessica, Daniel

What groups were involve in the genocide? Who were the perpetrators and who were the victims?

Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union. They were one of the groups involved in the genocide. Stalin wanted to destroy the Ukrainians that did not want to follow his rule and wanted to seek independence.

What groups were involve in the genocide? Who were the perpetrators and who were the victims?

The victims were the Ukrainian people. The Soviet Union took all their food and the their harvest.

Perpetrators - Joseph Stalin (soviet union)

Victims - Ukrainian people

Where did the genocide take place specifically?

The genocide took place in Ukraine.

The Ukrainians were sent to Siberia to

concentration camps. The Ukrainian language was forbidden

in Russia. The parts in red are

where most of the genocide took place.

The areas in yellow weren’t affected by

the genocide.

How was the genocide carried out ?

The way the Ukraine genocide was carried

out was mainly by starvation. The Soviet Union

took away their food that they had

harvested with their own hands and killed up

to 7 to 8 million people. 25

thousands people were dying a day by

the end of 1932.

More than 75% of all the food

And harvest from the farms were taken

By orders of Joseph Stalin. They blocked

off the borders of Ukraine so farmers

could not find food elsewhere.

How was the genocide carried out ?

Why is this genocide important today?

The genocide is important today because of all the killing that happened in Ukraine. Since the U.S recognized the communist government then we know that no killing or genocide will happened in the United States.

Other countries might also recognize the problems in this genocide and work harder to prevent that from happening in their country. It is also important because now they won’t do it again.

Why is this genocide important today?

Survivors personal accounts

•"In 1932 and 1933 Kyiv seemed like a paradise to nearly villagers who had been stripped of all they had by the Soviet government.

•There were cases where mothers had gone mad and killed a child to feed the rest of the family.

•Trucks driven by policemen or Communist Youth League members, mobilized for the purpose of going around and picking up bodies or carrying those still alive somewhere outside the city limits.  It was especially terrible to see mothers whose faces had turned black from hunger with children who no longer cry, but only squeal, moving their lips in an attempt to find sustenance where there was none.   People sought salvation and found death.  I saw these things as  I walked to work through the Haymarket on Pidvil'na Street near the Golden Gates and Volodymyr Street."Varvara Dibert - Genocide Survivor

http://www.ukrainiangenocide.com/survivors.html

Varvara Dibert was a survivor of the Ukrainian genocide. She said this in a testimony against the soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

Interesting facts

At the height of the Famine Ukrainian villagers were dying at the rate of:

17 per minute. 1,000 per hour. 25,000 per day.

Interesting facts continued The 1931 harvest was 18.3 million tons

of grain. The 1932 harvest was 14.6 million tons

of grain. The 1933 harvest was 22.3 million tons

of grain. The 1934 harvest was 12.3 million tons

of grain.

Work cited•http://www.ukrainiangenocide.com/survivors.html•http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/stalin.htm•http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/Genocide/Ukraine_famine.htm•http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/soviet.exhibit/famine.html•http://www.ukrainegenocide.org/history.cfm•http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/md.htm