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Genocide Remembrance Day resourceTRANSCRIPT
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Recent Events
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Ukraine’s Importance• The “Breadbasket of Europe”
Produced 25% of the food for the old Soviet Union
1 out of every 4 workers today is involved in farming
• Natural resources – oil, natural gas, pipeline through the country• Access to the Black Sea
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Facts1924 - Joseph Stalin comes to power1928 – Stalin introduces agricultural
collectivization1928 – Ukrainian farmers refuse
The Soviet Union calls these farmers “kurkuls”
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Facts1930 – The Soviet Union claims the lands of
the kurkuls by military force Farmers are shipped “out”
1932 – 1933 – The Soviet Union:1. Instills agricultural quotas2. Blockades cities3. Begins to “starve out” farmers
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Death Rate30,000 people a day1/3 of those killed were children under age
ten.A total of 4 million lives
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ReadingsQuestion #1In your opinion, which
instance represents the despair of the Ukrainian people the most?
Question #2In your opinion, how could
events like this happen without other countries intervening to stop them?
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