Vovk, Stepan
- Creators
- Stepan Vovk (b. 1915), Author
- Volodymyr Maniak, Recipient
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Types
- Correspondence
- Envelopes
- Transcriptions
- Translations
- Description
Letter sent from: Village of Tarnava, Monastyryshche raion, Cherkasy oblast
Letter describes events in 1932-1933 in: Village of Tarnava, Monastyryshche raion, Vinnytsia oblast
Current location name: Village of Tarnava, Monastyryshche raion, Cherkasy oblast
Born in 1915 (was 18 years old at time of Famine). Disabled veteran of the WWII. Orphaned early; brought up by older siblings; family was poor. Little food left in late January; a detailed account of how even that was taken violently by activists; sought work on a state farm (and could take some meat from a fallen horse). Cannibalism account of a girl who reported her family for cannibalism (they killed 18 people). Gives a bitter assessment of Stalin’s and local activists' role in these events as well as the hand dealt him by fate. Names the perpetrators; says they were enriching themselves instead of surrendering their spoils to the state. Names some of the notable people who became innocent victims of prosecution. Quotes a ditty about Stalin (No cow, no pig, only Stalin on the wall).- Notes
- Author's gender: Male
Author's name in Ukrainian: Степан Карпович Вовк - Date of Original
- 03 January 1989
- Date Of Event
- 1932-1933
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Степан Карпович Вовк ; Stepan Vovk
- Local identifier
- 204 - Dropbox 4
- Collection
- Maniak Collection
- Language of Item
- English; Ukrainian
- Geographic Coverage
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Cherkasy, Ukraine
Latitude: 48.95562 Longitude: 29.68356
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Holodomor Research & Education Consortium
