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Hoy, 4° sábado de noviembre, es el día en recuerdo de las víctimas del #Holodomor, la hambruna artificial que llevó a la muerte a entre 3 y 10 millones de ucranianos.

¿Qué pasó? ¿Por qué no sabemos cuántos murieron? ¿Por qué quizás nunca escuchaste hablar de esto hasta este año? Image
Ucrania había sido parte del Imperio Ruso, pero la Revolución de Octubre de 1917 derivó en independencia, guerra civil, ocupación, fundación de otras repúblicas dentro de la actual Ucrania y, finalmente, anexión por parte de la #URSS en 1922. Image
Durante estos años de caos, guerras, invasiones, revoluciones y contrarrevoluciones, entre 1917 y los primeros 30s, se fundaron distintas agrupaciones nacionalistas ucranianas. Quizás la más famosa sea la Organización de Nacionalistas Ucranianos (OUN). ImageImage
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This tweet comes a little late but here it is nonetheless. The fourth Saturday in November, we remember the lives lost in the Holodomor, The Great Famine killing millions of Ukrainians in 1932-1933 in Soviet Ukraine under Stalin.
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Both born in 1924, my Ukrainian great-grandparents lived through this time period in Soviet Ukraine. It was in the late 40s that they finally fled to Germany and then boarded a ship to Canada to start a new life.
I was extremely fortunate to have my great-grandparents both alive and well throughout my entire upbringing. For me, it was the blessing of a third set of grandparents. They imparted much of their Ukrainian culture on me -from the Ukrainian food to the Ukrainian treasures...
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