Events
1917 : The Bolsheviks take power in Russia.1922 : The Soviet Union is formed and Ukraine becoms one of its republics.1924 : After Lenin's death, Stalin takes power.1928 : Stalin introduces his program of
agricultural collectivization, famers need to
give up everything.
He begins his industrualisation plans.1929 : Some Ukrainian farmers still refuse to join collective farms.
Stalin introduces the policy of class warfare against kulaks.
They begin to liquidate everyone considered a kulak.1930 : 1.5 million Ukrainians fall victim to Stalin's dekulakization.
Half a million are deported to uninhabited areas in Siberia; most of them die.Summer 1932 : A decree is implemented : arrest or execution
of any person found taking any food item
in the fields where they worked.1932-1933 : Erection of military blockades around Ukrainian villages, preventing
the transport of food. Brigades sweep through villages and confiscate all food.
Stalin wants to deal a "creushing blow" to the backbone of Ukraine : its rural population.June 1933 : People are dying at the rate of 30,000 a day, mostly children under 10.00000001914 : Start of the First World War1918 : End of the First World WarJuly 17, 1918 : Murder of the Romanov familyPeriods
1932-1933 : The Soviet Government increases Ukraine's
production quotas to be sure they are not met.
Starvation becomes widespread.1932-1934 : 4 Million deaths are attributed to starvation in Ukraine.
Stalin denies everything and continues to export millions
of tons of grain, killing millions of people.1918-1920 : Russian Civil War
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