Monument to the victims of the Holodomor in Kiev in a file photo. ShutterstockOn Holodomor Memorial Day, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre commemorated the deaths of millions of Ukrainians from starvation due to Soviet policies in the 1930s.The Holodomor, a Ukrainian word meaning “death from starvation,” refers to the massive famine in Ukraine from 1932–1933, in which an estimated 4 million people died as a result of Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin’s collectivization of farms.
Carney, Poilievre Commemorate Holodomor Memorial Day Marking Soviet Atrocity in Ukraine
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