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Holodomor
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holodomor hołodomor Hołodomor
English
Alternative forms
en Golodomor holodomor
Etymology
Late 1980s, from en uk Голодомо́р, from uk го́лод hunger, famine + uk мо́р mass death, exhaustion. Compare uk мори́ти kill by hunger or exhaustion v. Not related to en Holocaust.
Pronunciation
en /ˌhɒlədəˈmɔː(ɹ)/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Holodomor.wav Southern England
Proper noun
s
en historical The 1932–33 famine affecting rural Ukraine and other territories of the Soviet Union, a result of the forced collectivization of land-owning peasants by the Soviet government.
en 1990 Oral History of the Commission on the Ukraine Famine 2 Washington, DC Commission on the Ukraine Famine 1034 In 1928 the village was divided into kulaks, middle-peasants, and poor peasants: "this was the beginning of the planned murder-famine (holodomor)."
1995, The English Quarterly, vv 27–29, Toronto: Canadian Council of Teachers of English, p 49:
This article argues that English studies about the Holodomor should focus on the historical conditions that led to it, through study and interpretation of narrative (political, media, religious, and testimonial) texts.
2004, Lubomyr Y. Luciuk, Not Worthy: Walter Duranty’s Pulitzer Prize and the New York Times, Kingston, Canada: Kashtan Press, p 152:
There are sophists who retort that Mr. Duranty was recognized for what he wrote before he bore false witness about the Holodomor, as Ukrainians refer to this genocide.
2007, Remembrance of Victims of the Great Famine (Holodomor) in Ukraine, Paris: Unesco General Conference, annex p 1:
Recalling the Joint Statement on the 70th anniversary of the Great Famine of 1932–1933 in Ukraine (Holodomor) that was circulated as an official document of the United Nations General Assembly and in which Holodomor was officially recognized as the national tragedy of the Ukrainian people, caused by the cruel actions and policies of the totalitarian regime,
en https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/25/germany-set-to-declare-starvation-of-ukrainians-under-stalin-a-genocide-holomodor Germany set to declare starvation of Ukrainians under Stalin a genocide 2022-11-25 Philip Oltermann The Guardian The resolution, which will be jointly brought to the vote next week by the three governing parties and conservative opposition leaders, will describe the 1932–33 Holodomor as part of “a list of inhuman crimes by totalitarian systems that extinguished millions of human lives in Europe in the first half of the 20th century”.
en historical rare А famine with mass deaths, especially one of the Soviet famines in 1921–22, 1932–33, or 1946–47.
2008, Liudmyla Grynevych [Hrynevych], “The Present State of Ukrainian Historiography on the Holodomor and Prospects for its Development,” Harriman Review, v 16, n 2 (November, “Holodomor 1932–33: Papers from the 75th-Anniversary Conference”), p 17:
Some of the publications of the Association’s regional branches are also steeped in xenophobia and anti-Semitism (for example, the proceedings of the 2003 Kharkiv conference “The Holodomors in Ukraine: Reasons, Victims, Perpetrators”).
Synonyms
en artificial famineSerbyn Roman Roman Serbyn Ukraine (Famine) Dinah L. Shelton Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity Detroit, MI Thomson Gale 3 2005 0-02-865847-7 470301730 1055
en famine-genocide
en Great Famine
en terror famine
en terror-genocide
Translations
1932–33 famine in Ukraine
Afrikaans: af Holodomor
Arabic: ar هُولُودُومُور f holodomōr
Armenian: hy Գոլոդոմոր, hy Հոլոդոմոր
Azerbaijani: az Qolodomor
Belarusian: be Галадамо́р m, be галадамо́р m
Bulgarian: bg Гладомо́р m, bg гладомо́р m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 烏克蘭大飢荒 Wūkèlán dà jīhuang
Czech: cs hladomor m
Danish: da holodomor
Estonian: et golodomor
Finnish: fi holodomor
French: fr Holodomor m
Georgian: ka ჰოლოდომორი, ka გოლოდომორი
German: de Holodomor m
Greek: el Γολοντομόρ n
Hebrew: he הוֹלוֹדוֹמוֹר m holodomór
Hindi: hi होलोदोमोर
Italian: it Holodomor
Japanese: ja ホロドモール horodomōru
Korean: ko 홀로도모르
Latvian: lv golodomors m
Lithuanian: lt holodomoras m
Persian: fa هولودومور holodomôr
Polish: pl Hołodomor m, pl Wielki Głód m
Portuguese: pt Holodomor m
Russian: ru Голодомо́р m, ru голодомо́р m
Slovak: sk hladomor m
Slovene: sl gladomor m
Swedish: sv holodomor
Tajik: tg ҳолодомор
Ukrainian: uk Голодомо́р m, uk голодомо́р m
See also
en dekulakization
en Asharshylyk, another famine that affected Kazakhstan during Soviet times
References
en Soviet Union Ukraine Historical events History of Ukraine Genocide
Italian
Etymology
it :bor uk:Голодомо́р
it uk Голодомо́р.
Noun
m #
it historical Holodomor
Portuguese
Proper noun
m
en Holodomor 1932–33 famine in Ukraine
pt Soviet Union Ukraine Historical events