MOSCOW -- Relations between Russia and Ukraine, bedeviled by disputes over natural gas supplies and NATO expansion, have lately been roiled by one of the great tragedies of Soviet history: the famine ...

The Holodomor, which means “murder by starvation” in Ukrainian, is widely considered to be one of Ukraine’s most devastating national tragedies. A man-made famine brought on by the agricultural ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament on Wednesday approved a resolution recognizing as genocide Ukraine’s 1930s “Holodomor,” a famine believed to have killed more than 3 million Ukrainians under the ...

Residents hold a remembrance ceremony during the 90th anniversary of a great famine known as the Holodomor, at a museum in Drohobych, Ukraine, on Saturday. (Carol Guzy for NPR) KYIV, Ukraine — As ...

However, a Communist Party plenipotentiary was quoted as saying: “The famine was brought about in Ukraine in order to reduce the number of Ukrainians, resettle in their place people from other parts ...

Astana has quietly replaced a famine memorial plaque, dropping the word “Holodomor” for the neutral “famine.” The change has reignited debate over whether Kazakhstan’s 1930s famine should be called ...

This year marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most horrific chapters in the history of the Soviet Union: the great famine the Ukrainians call Holodomor, “murder by starvation.” This catastrophe, ...

The Bulgarian National Assembly has approved legislation declaring the 1932-33 famine caused by the policies of the Soviet government led by Joseph Stalin a genocide. The decision came in a 134-25 ...

MPs unanimously adopted a declaration saying that the great famine known as the Holodomor, in which around four million Ukrainians died of starvation in 1932-33, was a crime of genocide committed by ...

More than five million people were deported to labor camps across Kazakhstan during the Soviet era, transforming the country into one of the main centers of repression in the vast ...

KYIV, Ukraine — As bells rang out at a centuries-old monastery, Ukrainians stepped out into a cold, misty night to light candles in memory of the devastating famine of 1932-33. This annual ...

Ukraine marked 90 years since a terrible famine that killed at least 4 million of its people. The event was especially poignant this year as... Ukraine remembers a famine under Stalin, and points to ...