Causes and Context
Stalin did this because he wanted to "teach the Ukrainians a lesson they would never forget."
Why did Stalin decide to start this man-made famine?
Wealthy farmers from the Ukraine that owned land and hired employees to run their farms
What were the Ukrainian farmers (called kulaks by Russians)?
This leader of the U.S.S.R. planned and carried out the Holodomor Genocide
Who was Joseph Stalin?
In order to prevent any food from getting into the Ukraine, the government did this to the borders of the Ukraine
What is closing the borders of the Ukraine?
This country still denies that the Holodomor Famine was a genocide
What is Russia?
Besides resisting collectivization, The Holodomor Genocide was also initiated to stop rumors of this
What is Ukrainian Independence from the U.S.S.R.
Killing by starvation
What does Holodomor mean?
This group was targeted by the Holodomor Genocide
What are Ukrainian Farmers/Kulaks?
Stalin claimed this during the genocide when asked about it when other countries were offering aid.
What is claiming that there is no famine?
This is the higher estimate for deaths of Ukrainians during the Holodomor genocide
What is over 10 million people?
This act that the U.S.S.R. encouraged did the Ukraine resist
What is collectivization of grain
The Ukrainians were compared to these things by Russian propaganda leading up to the genocide
What are vampires and leeches
At its peak, this many people died daily from starvation
What are up to 25,000 people?
These villages were created to 'prove' to the red cross that the famine was not actually occurring.
What are Potemkin villages?
The time during which the Holodomor genocide occurred
What occured between April 1932 and November 1933
Why the U.S.S.R. kept Ukrainian farmers for a while before trying to eradicate them.
What was the success of Ukrainian farmers in growing food
This is how grain, potatoes, meat, etc. were confiscated from farmers
What is increasing grain quotas and setting harsh punishments for failing to meet those requirements?
This was the party in charge of the Soviet Union at the time of the genocide
What was the Communist Party?
This tactic was used to prevent journalists from spreading word of the famine.
What is revoking the visas of journalists?
Until this year, citizens of the U.S.S.R. were forbidden from speaking about the Genocide
What is 1991?
These were the reasons for why Russians did not lite the Ukrainian farmers
What is owning property and hiring laborers?
In preparation for the Genocide, the government began requiring this document, not granted to Ukrainians, for any travel in or out of the Ukraine
What is a passport?
A socialist state from 1922-1991 led by communist leaders.
What was the U.S.S.R.?
This many countries gave aid to the Ukraine during the Holodomor Genocide
What are zero countries?
This is the amount of help the Ukraine was given post-famine in order to recover.
What is no help for recovery?