Information on the Holodomor
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Holodomor – one of the most monstrous crimes in the history of mankind, was the result of a deliberate political strategy masterminded by Stalin and his totalitarian communist regime. By the magnitude, losses during the Holodomor surpassed those of the Ukrainian nation during the Second World War. Ukrainians worldwide continue to suffer the consequences of this merciless act.
With the de-classification of documents in Ukraine and eyewitness accounts, the world has learned of a horrific crime against humanity about which little was previously known or officially confirmed. The confirmation was made by Ukraine itself in its quest for historical truth and national identity. It is a fact that the Holodomor: a) occurred; b) was deliberate, and was c) designed to destroy a nation.
Ukrainians in Alberta are united with the international community in commemorating the anniversary of the Holodomor-Genocide in Ukraine of 1932-33. Together we can spread the truth about the Holodomor, and ensure acknowledgement of the Holodomor as an act of genocide against the Ukrainian nation. In Soviet Ukraine, the region known as Europe's breadbasket, 7 – 10 million lives were suddenly eradicated by starvation, one of the most ruthless forms of torture and death.
Let us remember, thus ensuring that similar tragedies are never repeated!
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National Holodomor Awareness Week
UCC - Alberta along with other organizations across Canada launched an education campaign during National Holodomor Awareness Week from November 23-29, 2020. This year we are commemorating the 87th anniversary of the Holodomor.
Each day throughout the week we have been sharing art, music, stories and educational resources to commemorate and bring awareness to the Holodomor.
This year's commemoration ceremony at the Alberta Legislature was held on Tuesday, November 24 from 12:25- 12:45. As this event was invite-only. You can view the video below. We thank Honourable Speaker, MLA Nathan Cooper, MLA Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk, MLA Deron Bilous and Consul General Oleksandr Danyleiko for their heart-felt remarks during this ceremony.
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UCC-APC Would like to acknowledge the contribution of the following organizations and individuals who helped us create meaningful components to this event:
- Viter Ukrainian Folk Choir for their performance of the national anthems
- Ms. Natalia Onyschuk and St. Matthew Elementary School Choir for their music performance "Dry Tears"
- Mr. Leonid Korownyk, Survivor, for his poem recitation "Hell Like Holodomor"
- Ms. Karyn Dacyshyn for her beautiful live violin arrangement of "Vichnaya Pam'yat".
Низький Вам уклін!
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Holodomor Commemoration Ceremony livestream from the Alberta Legislative Assembly- November 24, 2020
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The 2008 International Remembrance Flame
Designed to raise awareness of the Holodomor on the occasion of the 75th anniversary, the International Holodomor Remembrance Flame began its journey in Australia on April 1, 2008 and visited 33 countries around the world. The Remembrance Flame began its journey across Canada in Toronto and visited many municipalities across Canada. Here in Alberta the flame visited Vegreville, Red Deer, Calgary, and Edmonton.
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You can also visit our website for useful resources about Holodomor.
Keep reading for more Holodomor commemoration events happening in Alberta and beyond.
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Lecture by Timothy Snyder, an American historian, professor of Yale University on the Holodomor
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Holodomor: Voices of Survivors
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How Ukraine's Holodomor Famine Was Secretly Photographed
Ukraine will remember the victims of the Holodomor famine on November 24. Millions of people died of starvation between 1932 and 1933 when Soviet authorities seized food to force Ukrainian peasants to join collective farms. One woman reveals how...
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www.rferl.org
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Covering the Holodomor: Memory Eternal | CMHR
The rest of the world was slow to realize the extent of the atrocity. This is partly because of how it was handled by the news media at the time. In the face of this genocide, journalists played different roles. Some risked their careers to...
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humanrights.ca
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"Genocide Revealed" Documentary
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UCRDC: Holodomor Monuments in the world
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Holodomor Survivors in our Community
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Natalia Talenchuk - Edmonton, Alberta
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Leonid Korownyk, Edmonton, AB
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Share the Story Project
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Holodomor in 2013, The Ukrainian Canadian Congress initiated a project highlighting the stories of 80 survivors of the Holodomor – 80 stories for the 80th anniversary. These 80 stories, as told by survivors living around the world, are representative of the stories of so many who experienced the wrath of a genocidal policy deliberately implemented with the goal of destroying a nation.They continue to help in understanding this terrible period in Ukraine's history, there is a need to understand the Holodomor in the hopes that it will contribute to a brighter future.
As mentioned on UCC's website, this project was made possible with a donation in memory of two boys, Vasyl and Sashko, whose surviving brother Mykola never forgot how they died of hunger in the spring of 1933, in the village of Kozatske, Sumy oblast.
You can read more on the project on the UCC's website here. You can also find a direct link to the Share the Story website here.
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Evdokhia Marych (Євдокія Марич), a survivor living in Edmonton in 2013 tells her story.
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Natalia Talanchuk (Наталія Таланчук), a survivor currently living in Edmonton tells her story.
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How are communities across the province and country commemorating the Holodomor this year?
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Information and other Educational Campaigns on the Holodomor
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Some of the useful resources about the Holodomor from Consulate General of Ukraine to Edmonton shared below.
Kорисні лінки з інформаційними матеріалами щодо Голодомору 1932-1933 років в Україні поширені Генеральним Консульством перегляньте нижче.
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Exhibit "We were being killed because we were Ukrainian".
Виставка «Нас вбивали, бо ми українці»
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Holodomor brochure - Communist Genocide in Ukraine.
Брошура Голодомор. Kомуністичний геноцид в Україні.
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Exhibit "Ukraine 193201933. Genocide through Starvation".
Виставка «Україна 1932-1933. Геноцид голодом»
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Project "Memory that saves: the voices of truth".
Проєкт «Пам'ять, що рятує: голоси правди»
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