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The dispute among parliaments, a Kyiv court and historians over whether the 1932–33 famine in Ukraine was genocide.
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Whether the Holodomor was genocide. The dispute among parliaments, a Kyiv court and historians over whether the 1932–33 famine in Ukraine was genocide.
1953
Raphael Lemkin intervened in Whether the Holodomor was genocide. His 1953 essay, as the Senate quotes it, calls the Soviet case “a case of genocide, of destruction, not of individuals only, but of a culture and a nation”.
2 Apr 2008
State Duma of Russia intervened in Whether the Holodomor was genocide. Statement of 2 April 2008: repressive grain measures worsened the crop failure; no historical evidence the famine was organised along ethnic lines; genocide “cannot be ascribed”.
13 Jan 2010
Kyiv Court of Appeal intervened in Whether the Holodomor was genocide. Ruled on 13 January 2010 that seven Soviet leaders committed genocide, and closed the case because they were dead; no trial was held.
3 Oct 2018
The U.S. Congress intervened in Whether the Holodomor was genocide. A Senate resolution of 2018 recognises a 1988 commission’s finding that Stalin and those around him committed genocide against the Ukrainians.
15 Dec 2022
European Parliament intervened in Whether the Holodomor was genocide. Voted 507 to 12 (17 abstentions) on 15 December 2022 to recognise the Holodomor as genocide.
Whether the Holodomor was genocide, interventions: Anne Applebaum and Hiroaki Kuromiya.
Whether the Holodomor was genocide involved Ukraine.
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