Ukraine And Russia In The 1600's

Alongside the 20th century, another devastating genocide that occurred was the Holodomor in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933. Holodomor translates to “death by hunger.” Stalin instituted collectivization and raised Ukraine’s grain production quotas to an impossible 44%. He authoritatively mandated that no grain was to be given to the Ukrainians until the regimes quota was met, hence, this led to the starvation of the entire population in Ukraine .

When extremists attempt to intensify divisions between groups, the government usually begins attacks, violent actions, and takes drastic measures. In the situation of Holodomor, a large amount of Ukraine’s religious, political, and intellectual leaders were arrested, tortured, and often murdered in order to remove any dangerous opposition. By taking these actions, Stalin polarized the Ukrainian population, separating the Ukrainian working class from the peasants. Stalin also began removing a large amount of the population out of Ukraine, and into harsh survivable lands such as Siberia and labor camps, these settings were referred to as a “Dump site” where the main purpose was to eliminate the farmers and keep rotting bodies out of

Genocides are classified by an eight stage process that explains the causes and identifying factors of a genocide. Both the Holocaust and Holodomor are prime examples of genocides, and although the eight stages of genocide are shown through both, they were implemented differently in some aspects. The Holodomor, a genocide in the 1930’s targeting Ukrainians, was similar to the Holocaust through the stages of classification, organization, polarization, and denial, but different in the ways of preparation, extermination, dehumanization, and symbolism.

Stalin used the money gained from exporting the Ukrainians grain to fuel his Five Year Plan to transform the Soviet Union into a world power. He did this by buying many products and weapons from western countries, thus causing them to stay quiet in regards to the famine. At this stage though, the grain was not yet shipped out and was kept in granaries and was used to

Owners shut down their places. Many people escaped to the countryside but still died from it while leaving. Effected many animals as well. Sheep were one of the main animals to die. Back then and still today people use wool to make their

Russia was a country rich in raw materials that had been undisturbed by modern extraction and refining techniques until then, however, the majority of the countries resource rich areas were nowhere near any railways, with the bulk of the heavy materials such as steel, iron, coal and copper being in the Urals, almost 1,000km away from the nearest railway system in 1860. Oil, another key ingredient in industrialisation was almost 1,500km away to the south, in the Caucasus area3. This lack of transportation in a period when steam powered machines were producing the goods and steam powered trains were delivering them and leading the industrialisation in other countries like Britain, the USA and a future foe in Germany is an indicator of the distance that Russia was behind its rivals under the leadership of the Tsar. So the Tsar’s Russia was largely an agrarian one, but even in the agricultural sector Russia was lagging far behind the rest of the West in terms of the methods employed by farmers, little fertiliser was used and the labour saving machines used in countries with enormous agricultural output like the US were nowhere near as widespread in Russia. The weaknesses of the Tsar’s management of the agricultural sector were highlighted in 1891 when famine hit. Due to the heavy tax on consumer goods, peasants had been forced to sell more of their

The Holodomor was a repugnant genocide that took place in Ukraine eighty years ago. Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union, led the genocide that killed tens of millions of people. From 1932-1933, Ukraine went under Stalin’s dictatorship. In the time, Stalin had not only put up labor camps, but had also taken away mostly all Ukraine’s food. The Holodomor genocide was one of the worst genocides in Ukraine’s history. The term Holodomor means death by hunger in Ukrainian. Ukraine has not been the same since this tragic time. (Holodomor: Memories of Ukraine 's Silent Massacre, 2013).

Holodomor occurred during 1932-1933, but corrupt events and poor leadership led up to the famine and starvation. Vladimir Lenin, who ruled the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924, declared Ukraine as an independent nation. Sadly, the new country’s government was very unstable and could not withstand. So, the country became a part of the Soviet Union once again. As a result of getting a taste of independence, a new pride and patriotism rose among the Ukrainians along with a political elite group. Joseph Stalin, who rose to power in 1924, saw that this wave of nationalism in Ukraine as a threat. So Stalin set up a new form of economic production called collectivism. Collectivism is where individual farmers were

The Holodomor is a twentieth century “genocide” that was carried out, dismissed by, and hidden from global examination for several years. Although there are theories, but no real explanation as to why and how this atrocity was carried out. It appears this action could only be completed by the leader of a totalitarian government. The Holodomor is used to describe death by starvation and comes from two Ukrainian words “holod,” meaning starvation or hunger, and “moryty,” to inflict death. In the western parts of the world, this macabre famine was little acknowledged. How and why did this happen and who was responsible for the death of these millions? The history of the Famine is still questioned.

Holodomor was a tragedy between the Soviet and the peasants of Ukraine. The peasants rebelled against the government. Although they were all citizens, the parties were separated by the amount of money and power they had. Joseph Stalin was afraid that the peasants would rise above him so he felt the need to find a way to stop them no matter how tragic this plan was.

Hated has always been part of human nature, it is an inevitable emotion that can consumes the souls of men. The genocide in Ukraine during the early 1900s caused incredible suffering. Referred to as Holodomor which translates to killing by hunger, the Ukrainian starvation was a man made famine in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Ukraine and the traditional Cossack territories starved to death due to Stalin’s government seizing of crops resulting in the countries denial of the genocide and even cannibalism.

Holodomor happened after Lenin died and joseph stalin took power in 1924. Right away Joseph arrested 5,000 ukrainian scholars, scientists, cultural and religious leaders were arrested after being falsely accused of plotting an armed revolt. The people that were arrested were either deported to remote areas in russia or shot without a trial. When the rebellion started they sent in special personnel to take care of it they shot warning shots above their heads and sometimes at them. Joseph stalin was furious about the rebellion and he ordered all food out of ukraine and all kulaks gone.

20th century was a very turbulent time. During that time, a lot of famous genocides happened. It is very important and educational for us to learn some of these genocides and take this history as a mirror. In this article I will compare and contract Nazi Holocaust with Stalin’s Forced Famine from several aspects.

Between the years of 1932 and 1933, an estimated 4 to 5 million Ukrainians perished in a famine unprecedented during peacetime. Called the Holodomor, Ukrainian for ‘death by hunger’, the famine fits into a number of other famines that occurred simultaneously in the Soviet Union including but not limited to Kazakhstan, the north caucuses, and the Urals. The famines were a consequence of Stalin’s first 5 year plan, which called for mass collectivization and nationalization of industry with the intention of ushering forth rapid industrialization. Industrialization was prioritized in order to bring the Soviet Union in line with Marx’s dialectal history, according to which worldwide Communist Revolution can only be spearheaded by

Unlike the rest of Ukraine, Eastern Ukrainians have received more of a cultural and linguistic influence from Russia. The Ukrainian people are descended from the nomadic, free Cossacks. The Cossacks “neither loved the tsar not the [Polish] lord” and were a people totally separate from the Russians and Polish (Magosci 19). The roots of Russia and Ukraine reveal that the name Russia is derived from the word Kievian Rus. The Kievian Rus were Ukrainian people who had established Kiev, “the capital of the ancient Russian state” (ExpatRu). The name “Russia” was eventually adopted by Peter the Great many years later. The Russian-speaking Ukrainians have been influenced a lot by Russian culture; they have adopted the language due to the constant transfer of power between Russia (including the USSR) and other countries. Due to the lack of this knowledge, the rebels have successfully manipulated the minds of the Russian-speaking citizens into thinking they are ethnic Russians. The support the rebels show toward Russia has given them protection; Russia already seeks to expand its territory, so they completely support anything the rebels do. Historically, Ukrainians and many western Russians are Ukrainian; the arrogance the rebels have