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Subject: The special nature of famine in Ukraine

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From November 18, 1932 peasants from Ukraine were required to return extra grain they had previously earned for meeting their targets.

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Date Posted: 27/11/10 1:59:13
In reply to: HolodomorA child victim of Holodomor Period 1932�1933 Total deaths 2.6 - 10 millionObservations Considered genocide by thirteen modern states. A part of the Soviet famine of 1932-1933. 's message, "" on 27/11/10 1:52:52

The special nature of famine in Ukraine
Although famine, caused by collectivization, raged in many parts of the Soviet Union in 1932, special and particularly lethal policies, described by Timothy Snyder, were adopted in and largely limited to Ukraine at the end of 1932 and 1933.[51] From November 18, 1932 peasants from Ukraine were required to return extra grain they had previously earned for meeting their targets. State police and party brigades were sent into these regions to root out any food they could find. Two days later, a law was passed forcing peasants who couldn't meet their grain quotas to surrender any livestock they had. Eight days later, collective farms that failed to meet their quotas were placed on "blacklists" in which they were forced to surrender 15 times their quota. These farms were picked apart for any possible food by party activists. Blacklisted communes had no right to trade or to receive deliveries of any kind, and became death zones. In November 1932 Ukraine was required to provide 1/3 of the grain collection of the entire Soviet Union. In January 1933 Ukraine's borders were sealed in order to prevent Ukrainian peasant from fleeing to other republics. By the end of February 1933 approximately 190,000 Ukrainian peasants had been caught trying to flee Ukraine and were forced to return to their villages to starve.

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