The ENd of the genocide
While most of the Holodomor happened between 1932-1933, the famine actually continued for several more years, with further destruction of political leadership in Ukraine, the resettlement of Ukraine's depopulated areas with other ethnic groups, the blatant denial of the famine, and the prosecution of those who dared to speak of it (the famine.)
After millions of Ukrainians died, authorities from Soviet Russia resettled tens of thousands of families from Russia, Belarus and other parts of the USSR to the depopulated lands of Soviet Ukraine. Near the end of 1933 over 117 000 people were now resettled in Ukraine at a 105% fulfillment rate.
The Soviet government refused to acknowledge to the world community the starvation in Ukraine and they also turned down any assistance offered by various countries and international relief organizations. Even more so, these attempts to offer any assistance were denounced as anti-Soviet propaganda.
"'What drought was there? This [starvation] was all due to Stalin's orders! He hated Ukrainians and wanted to exterminate them. His henchmen would come and seize everything they could. They were Stalin's thugs. Merciless scoundrals took away all the food from the people."
Mykola Melnyk Holodomor Eyewitness
On Stalin's direct orders, any of those who conducted the 1937 population census, which revealed a sharp decline in Ukrainian population as a result from the Holodomor, were shot and the census reports were suppressed.
Even when the Holodomor ended, the Ukraine people didn't really stop suffering. Shortly after the Holodomor the world entered WWII.
After millions of Ukrainians died, authorities from Soviet Russia resettled tens of thousands of families from Russia, Belarus and other parts of the USSR to the depopulated lands of Soviet Ukraine. Near the end of 1933 over 117 000 people were now resettled in Ukraine at a 105% fulfillment rate.
The Soviet government refused to acknowledge to the world community the starvation in Ukraine and they also turned down any assistance offered by various countries and international relief organizations. Even more so, these attempts to offer any assistance were denounced as anti-Soviet propaganda.
"'What drought was there? This [starvation] was all due to Stalin's orders! He hated Ukrainians and wanted to exterminate them. His henchmen would come and seize everything they could. They were Stalin's thugs. Merciless scoundrals took away all the food from the people."
Mykola Melnyk Holodomor Eyewitness
On Stalin's direct orders, any of those who conducted the 1937 population census, which revealed a sharp decline in Ukrainian population as a result from the Holodomor, were shot and the census reports were suppressed.
Even when the Holodomor ended, the Ukraine people didn't really stop suffering. Shortly after the Holodomor the world entered WWII.