Ukraine Research & Information

What is Holodomor?

• Remembering the Holodomor:  Statement from President Joe Biden, November 11, 2022.
  https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/11/23/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-remembering-the-holodomor/
• Holodomor -- derived from two Ukrainian words: "holod" (starvation) and "mor" (death).
• Kholodomor -- derived from two Ukrainian words: "kholod" (cold) and "mor" (death).

Background Information

• Beginning on the 4th Saturday of November since 2009 Ukraine commemorates the victims of the Genocide of the Ukrainian people.  The Holodomor (1932-1933) remembers the Great Famine caused engineered by Joseph Stalin that killed millions of Ukrainians.  Currently Ukraine is on the verge of experiencing a Kholodomor, a genocidal action of death-by-freezing engineered by Russian military operations.
• https://thehill.com/opinion/international/3705644-from-the-holodomor-to-the-kholodomor/

Holodomor Resources -- Lectures & Organizations

• National Museum of Holodomor-Genocide, Kyiv, Ukraine -- https://holodomormuseum.org.ua/en/ & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_Holodomor-Genocide
• The U.S. Holodomor Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Awareness 1932-1933 -- https://ukrainegenocide.com/
• The Holodomor Research and Education Consortium (HREC) -- https://holodomor.ca/resource/holodomor-basic-facts/
• Holodomor National Awareness Tour (a project of the Canada-Ukraine Foundation) -- https://holodomortour.ca/
• Timeline of key events leading up to and during the Holodomor -- https://holodomortour.ca/educational-hub/timeline/
• Testimonials from survivors of the Holodomor -- https://holodomortour.ca/educational-hub/survivor-stories/
• Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Class 15. Ukrainization, Famine, Terror: 1920s-1930s (Yale Courses) -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dy7Mrqy1AY
• Lecture by Prof. Timothy Snyder on the Holodomor (“murder by starvation”) in Ukraine - delivered in Vienna at a solemn ceremony in Vienna on the occasion of the opening of a plaque commemorating His Eminence Card. Theodor Innizer and his distinguished role in helping out the victims of the Holodomor (“murder by starvation”) in 1932-1933.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA92bmoMFv0
• Lecture by Prof. Timothy Snyder “The Holodomor—A Look Back at Stalin’s 1932-33 Genocide in Ukraine” delivered on the Holodomor exhibit at the Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center in Naples, Florida on October 20, 2019 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkM44gym1c
  •  Holodomor Reconsidered by Anne Applebaum, October 23, 2017:Part 1: Lecture.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqdoxz-pmEM
  • Part 2: Q&A.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6sskgmAvKA
• Toronto Annual Ukrainian Famine Lecture (2022) organized by The Holodomor Research and Education Consortium (HREC),  Dr. Daria Mattingly, University of Cambridge and Leverhulme Early Career Fellow:  “Understanding Russia's War on Ukraine through the Holodomor” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aLLRrHrviw

Suggested Learning Resources & Videos:

• Applebaum, A. (2017). Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine.
• Naimark, N. (2010). Stalin's Genocides.
• Snyder, T. (2010). Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin.
•  Teaching materials, learning activities, and resources on Holodomor:  https://education.holodomor.ca/
•  Virtual lesson on the Holodomor  -- https://holodomortour.ca/virtuallessons/holodomor/

•  Video tour of the National Museum of Holodomor-Genocide, Kyiv, UkraineHolodomor,
  • Part 1 | Virtual Museum Tour -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTlnIj8PBRs
  • Holodomor, Part 2 | Virtual Museum Tour -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxjA1w7PzQ4
  •  Holodomor, Part 3 | Virtual Museum Tour -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvotKMMq9qc
• “Harvest of Despair: The Unknown Holocaust” (1983), dir. Slavko Nowytski -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOVe59GM-EQ
• “Famine-33”, dir. Oles Yanchuk (1991) -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine-33
• Famine 33 - Holodomor with English subtitles -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9f4DANxeGY
• “Червоне намисто” [Red Necklace], dir. Tetyana Konrashevska & Karen Karapetyan (2013) (with English subtitles) -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3L9dN2x5GA
• “Bitter Harvest”, dir. George Mendeluk (2017) -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_Harvest_(2017_film)
• Bitter Harvest Official Trailer 1 (2016) == https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKLBp3fZ5zA
• HOLODOMOR: Discovering Ukraine. A Sad Story, dir. Svein Bækkedal (2017) -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtlmG8HvMdo
• “Mr. Jones”, dir. Agnieszka Holland (2019) -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Jones_(2019_film)

• Timothy Snyder, historian and expert on modern East and Central Europe.  YouTube Video:  6 steps to prove Russian genocide in Ukraine

Reaching Out

• Reach out to your U.S. Senators and Representatives to request recognition of the Holodomor as a Genocide.
• Write or Call the White House: https://www.whitehouse.gov/get-involved/write-or-call/
• Holodomor Commemoration 2022 Call to Action (Ukrainian World Congress) -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBQrIpsvEpk&t=183s
• Worldwide Recognition of the Holodomor as Genocide here: -- https://holodomormuseum.org.ua/en/recognition-of-holodomor-as-genocide-in-the-world/

War Ukraine -- official Ukraine website

• Russian Invasion - Timeline
• Russia's War Crimes