Red famine Stalin's war on Ukraine

"In 1929 Stalin launched his policy of agricultural collectivization--in effect a second Russian revolution--which forced millions of peasants off their land and onto collective farms. The result was a catastrophic famine, the most lethal in European history. At least five million people died betwee...

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Main Author: Applebaum, Anne, 1964- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday, [2017]
Edition:First United States edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the Ukrainian question
  • The Ukrainian revolution, 1917
  • Rebellion, 1919
  • Famine and truce: the 1920s
  • The double crisis: 1927-9
  • Collectivization: revolution in the countryside, 1930
  • Rebellion, 1930
  • Collectivization fails, 1931-2
  • Famine decisions, 1932: requisitions, blacklists and borders
  • Famine decisions, 1932: the end of Ukrainization
  • Famine decisions, 1932: the searches and the searchers
  • Starvation: spring and summer, 1933
  • Survival: spring and summer, 1933
  • Aftermath
  • The cover-up
  • The Holodomor in history and memory
  • Epilogue: the Ukraine question reconsidered.