900 thousand people died in Poltava region during artificial famine in 1932-1933
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Poltava was the most injured region by the artificial famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. Here we have the biggest number of innocent victims of the Holodomor in 30s of last century. In particular, it was said by the First Deputy Director of the Information Policy Department of Regional State Administration Yuriy Varchenko at the opening of documentary photo exhibition “The resistance against the genocide.”
According to him, the first monument to Holodomor victims was built in Lubny (Poltava region) in 1990.
Since that time, more than 900 memorials to the Holodomor victims were established in the region.
This topic has been studied since the independence of Ukraine and the process of investigation of this tragedy still goes on. This new exhibition consists of 18 booths and dedicated primarily to events of insurgency – indicates the causes of those events.
56% of protests in the Soviet Union were in Ukraine and the artificial famine made by Stalin’s regime responded to a massive 1.2 million Ukrainian opposition.
The exhibition presents post-war and post-revolutionary periods, unique archival documents of the State Archive of the National Security Service.
People were invited to come at 16 o’clock on Saturday to take part in sorrowful procession to honor the innocent victims, to remember the history to prevent similar tragedies in the future.
Overall, the researchers found about 600 mass burial places of victims of Holodomor in Poltava region.
матеріал підготував/ла: Дмитро Кравченко
