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he Rise and Fall of Early Ukrainian Statehood and the Holodomor Following the 1917 collapse of empires, two short-lived democratic Ukrainian republics emerged but were crushed by larger powers like Poland and the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin later solidifi
Season 8
Episode 817
Published 2 days, 13 hours ago
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he Rise and Fall of Early Ukrainian Statehood and the Holodomor
Following the 1917 collapse of empires, two short-lived democratic Ukrainian republics emerged but were crushed by larger powers like Poland and the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin later solidified control through the Holodomor (1932-1933), a purposeful famine that killed millions of Ukrainians to break their resistance and fund Soviet industrialization. Stalin viewed Ukraine as a vital "breadbasket" and a security buffer against Western invasion. By 1945, though the landscape was devastated and its Jewish population largely annihilated, Moscow achieved its goal of total subordination, creating a myth of unified sacrifice. Guest: Professor Eugene Finkel. (3/8)
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