The Famine Flashcards
From what year did the famine start and end?
1932~1933
What does Holodomor mean?
Death by starvation
What was Ukraine’s name when it gained independence?
Ukrainian National Republic
What was Ukraine’s name when it was incorporated into the USSR?
Ukrainian Socialists Soviet Republic
Ukrainian people made their own food and fed themselves. What is this called?
Self-reliance
What was Ukraine known for?
farmland, for being a breadbasket
What was the goal of Stalin’s five year plan?
To industrialise all of the Soviet Union at a rapid pace
What is the collectivisation of agriculture?
Consolidating individual farms
What did Stalin name the Ukrainian farmers?
A Kulak
What does kulak mean?
a wealthy peasant (being wealthy was considered bad because people were trying to equalise power. however, this wasn’t the case; many Ukrainian farmers were poor
What did Stalin do to Kulaks?
he killed them and starved them to death
What is a quota?
an amount of grain the Ukrainian farmers had to collect in order to keep their job
How much grain was taken from Ukraine?
4.27 million tons
What would happen to people caught taking the food?
・10 years of imprisonment
・death penalty
What happened to farms that were blacklisted?
The farmers were torn apart from food and prohibited from receiving any supplies
Why did people start leaving Ukraine?
In order to search for food
What did Stalin do to prevent people from escaping?
He closed the borders
Why did the soviets weaken up on the grain confiscation?
Because of weaken labor force (Because people were dead, no one was able to work anymore)
How many people died during the famine in Ukraine?
4 million
How many people died during the famine in Kazakhstan?
1.5 million
Who was sent to Ukraine to help with farming?
Russian people
What did Stalin do to cover up the famine?
He did a disinformation campaign, and banned newspapers from writing about it
At least 12 countries recognise the famine as what?
genocide
