Holodomor

The Holodomor () is the specific term for the 1932?1934 famine in Ukraine, whose death-toll was allegedly around five million. While it was part of the larger famine in the Soviet Union, which also affected Kazakhstan, the German-inhabited middle Volga region, and the Don Cossack?inhabited Kuban?, the term Holodomor is used to refer specifically to the events taking place on the territory of Ukraine.

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Holod means hunger or famine.

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Mor is an old East Slavic word meaning:

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• massive non-violent deaths, as in epidemy
• (seemingly non-violent) actions that cause such deaths

Of direct relevance to holodomor is the clich? moryty golodom, "to inflict death by hunger". Holodomor is a noun for this verb phrase.

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1932: 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday....

1934: 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar)....

Famine: A famine is a phenomenon in which a large percentage of the population of a region or country are undernourished that death by starvation becomes increasingly common....