ABSTRACT
In the memory of the Ukrainians, as well as other nations, the Holodomor (Great Famine) in 1932–1933 in Ukraine will always be recalled as one of the cruellest, emotionally difficult to perceive, tragedies of the twentieth century. Since 2018, 24 countries have officially declared the Holodomor as a genocide committed against the Ukrainian people. The fact is that a genocide is indisputable and approved by the international community – except, however, Russia, where the issue of the Holodomor does not exist and reminding people of Stalin’s genocidal policy is regarded as hostile, anti-Russian propaganda. The human suffering and atrocities underlying these facts and data are heightened by the fact that, in 1933 – at the very time when millions of Ukrainian citizens were dying of starvation – the Soviet Union exported about 1 billion tons of grain to Western markets. As emphasized by Professor Roman Serbyn:the historicity of the Ukrainian famine of 1932–1933 is no longer challenged.
