Holodomor

A ceremony was held on Tuesday to honour those who perished during the Holodomor genocide in the Ukraine. During 1932 and 1933, the Soviet Union imposed a man made famine that led to the deaths of up to 10 million people. Crops were confiscated and regulations were imposed to prevent residents to venture outside of […]

Holodomor Memorial Day was recognized Tuesday at the Saskatchewan Legislature. Ukrainian Canadian Congress President Terry Zwarych says the commemoration is to remember millions of Ukrainians who died from a forced famine in 1932-33. “It was a dark time in Ukrainian history,” Zwarych said. “The crops were good (but) the Stalin regime basically forced the Ukrainian […]