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24. I know a few Ukrainians

Fri Feb 25, 2022, 01:28 AM

Feb 2022

My childhood best friend's parents were refugees from there. I now have another friend who just recounted how her grate grandmother and one other were killed in a pomgrom and their later harrowing escape during early WW2. I hope Russia stops this from within and can begin to reverse the oligarch's power or even just end that strata over there.

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How many here are familiar with the Holodomor? [View all] smirkymonkey Feb 2022 OP

Kicking for visability SheltieLover Feb 2022 #1

Thank you. Joinfortmill Feb 2022 #2

Thank you, I had never heard of this before. MLAA Feb 2022 #3

There was a very concerted effort to keep the truth from the rest of the world smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #5

Indeed ymetca Feb 2022 #4

I also discovered the history of the Circassian genocide during the mid-19th smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #9

Name is new to me, but I knew about Stalin starving the Ukranians for a long time... Wounded Bear Feb 2022 #6

I know about it, & have mentioned it here from time to time, just not by that name Hekate Feb 2022 #7

Anyone who studied agriculture knows all about it Tumbulu Feb 2022 #8

I've heard of it. And TY for going into further details of this... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #39

It took me growing wheat Tumbulu Feb 2022 #43

Ah, interesting, so... electric_blue68 Feb 2022 #45

Decades ago when I was in college I learned a quick way of making breakfast. Igel Feb 2022 #49

Wow- what a good system! Tumbulu Feb 2022 #50

I remember reading of the pogroms UpInArms Feb 2022 #10

Those were the big waves of Jewish immigration from Russia and other Eastern European regions smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #11

Those were the big waves of Jewish immigration from Russia and other Eastern European regions smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #12

My husband just finished hippywife Feb 2022 #13

Yes! I just reserved that on either my Amazon or Netflix queue! I can't wait to see it! smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #16

That's all very interesting. hippywife Feb 2022 #17

K and R oasis Feb 2022 #14

Yes, very much so, and thank you for posting relayerbob Feb 2022 #15

I really hope this time, they are the victors! smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #18

I saw the 'bone crusher' in the Ukraine WWII Museum. sinkingfeeling Feb 2022 #26

Thank you for the reminder of this horrific event. niyad Feb 2022 #19

There is a Holodomor memorial in Washington, DC IronLionZion Feb 2022 #20

Really? That's good to know. smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #23

What's the title? Geechie Feb 2022 #36

Oh the film I saw on the Hungarian Holocaust survivors was called smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #40

Thank you so much for this rec. Geechie Feb 2022 #51

It's in a highly visible high foot traffic area. I've walked by many times IronLionZion Feb 2022 #42

It is well known Stalin starved a million Ukrainians with his genocidal plan to weaken the country Martin68 Feb 2022 #21

Oh yes, although I never knew the official name for it. Dan Feb 2022 #22

I know a few Ukrainians IbogaProject Feb 2022 #24

I was aware. Visited the Holodomor Museum in Kyiv. sinkingfeeling Feb 2022 #25

That must have been intense. smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #29

I have left tears all over the world, visiting places that show sinkingfeeling Feb 2022 #30

K&R! arthritisR_US Feb 2022 #27

I posted Info on the Holodomor not long ago. blue-wave Feb 2022 #28

Really? Can you re-post in this thread or maybe even repost in GD now that smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #31

I looked through my past posts blue-wave Feb 2022 #35

Wow. That is intense. And i am so glad they are building it. smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #37

I'm aware of the historical event Slammer Feb 2022 #32

Holodomor in Ukrainian means "death by famine" or starvation blue-wave Feb 2022 #38

Yes, thank you. smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #41

My husband knows. Duppers Feb 2022 #33

Political scholar Tommy Tuberville explains that Putin is after the food in Ukraine. keithbvadu2 Feb 2022 #34

Oh yes, let's try "collective farming" again. smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #47

There have been other famines during the history of the USSR Backseat Driver Feb 2022 #44

I read a book about it several years ago bif Feb 2022 #46

Did they ever mention anything about it? smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #48