Ukraine commemorates Holodomor victims
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On Saturday, November 23, Ukraine commemorates National Holodomor Memorial Day. The Holodomor Memorial Day is marked annually on the fourth Saturday of November under the presidential decrees of 1998 and 2007, Ukrinform reports.
In the 20th century, Ukrainians survived three famines – in 1921-1923, 1932-1933, and in 1946-1947. However, the most massive was the Holodomor of 1932-1933 – the genocide of the Ukrainian people, which was carried out by the totalitarian communist regime of the Soviet Union.
In November 2006, the Verkhovna Rada recognized the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide against Ukrainian people.
In addition to Ukraine, 15 UN member states and the Vatican City State recognized the Holodomor in Ukraine of 1932-1933 an act of genocide.
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