Honcharuk, Vasyl

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Vasyl Honcharuk (d.b. unknown), Author

Volodymyr Maniak

, Recipient

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Letter sent from: Luka, Tarashcha raion, Kyiv oblast
Letter describes events in 1932-1933 in: unclear, likely the same as mailing address: Luka, Tarashcha raion, Kyiv oblast
Current location name: Luka, Bila Tserkva raion, Kyiv oblast

Vasyl Honcharuk reflects on the causes of the Holodomor. He believes that the peasants did not understand collectivization, while the village and collective farm leaders used the wrong approach to introduce it, such as categorizing peasants as poor, middling and kurkuls. The last two groups, especially if they did not join collective farms, were persecuted, politically repressed, and made destitute under the guise of arrears in grain procurement. There were no natural reasons for the famine, but forced requisitioning made people starve by the end of 1932 and resulted in mass deaths in the spring of 1933.

Honcharuk believes the 1946 famine was caused by a poor harvest, but even that harvest was enough for people to survive. Western Ukraine also helped with foodstuff.

Honcharuk asks the editorial board to publish the information about the territory of Ukraine impacted by the 1933 famine and the human losses it caused.

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