The Croatian parliament voted on June 28 to recognize as genocide the Holodomor -- the starvation of millions in Ukraine in the 1930s under Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba expressed gratitude to Croatia, saying "global recognition of the Holodomor genocide continues to grow swiftly," and stressing that 27 nations recognized the famine as genocide. The 1932-33 famine occurred as Stalin's police forced peasants in Ukraine to join collective farms by requisitioning their grain and other foodstuffs. It is estimated that up to 9 million people died as a result of executions, deportation, and starvation during the Holodomor. To read the original story by Current Time, click here.
Croatian Parliament Recognizes Holodomor As Genocide
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