- Summary
- "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 between 1931 and 1933 in the USSR. But instead of sending relief the Soviet state made use of the catastrophe to rid itself of a political problem. In Red Famine, Anne Applebaum argues that more than three million of those dead were Ukrainians who perished not because they were accidental victims of a bad policy but because the state deliberately set out to kill them ..."--Provided by publisher.
- Variant Title
- Stalin's war on Ukraine
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Applebaum, Anne, 1964- author.
- Published
- New York : Doubleday, [2017]
- Locale
- Ukraine
- Edition
- First United States edition
- Contents
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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.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-434) and index.
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.
