Today Canada officially recognizes the Holodomor as genocide. Tonight a moment of silence from 19:32-19:33 for the 7-10 million who have perished:This week, Ukrainians worldwide have been commemorating the 78th anniversary of the Great Famine of 1932-33, known as the Holodomor (Death by Hunger.)
Wikipedia:Conservative estimates of the total number of direct deaths within Soviet Ukraine range from 2.2 million[5] to 4 million. Although there have been exaggerated claims of 10 million fatalities or even more, most scholars[6][not in citation given] as well as the government of Ukraine[7] agree now that the death toll of the famine was under 4 million. However, its impact on Ukraine's demographics was even bigger and could easily reach 10 million total loss, as millions of children were not born because of the calamity.
Wikipedia:Conservative estimates of the total number of direct deaths within Soviet Ukraine range from 2.2 million[5] to 4 million. Although there have been exaggerated claims of 10 million fatalities or even more, most scholars[6][not in citation given] as well as the government of Ukraine[7] agree now that the death toll of the famine was under 4 million. However, its impact on Ukraine's demographics was even bigger and could easily reach 10 million total loss, as millions of children were not born because of the calamity.