Holodomor

[ hoh-luh-duh-mawr, hoh-luh-duh-mawr; Ukrainian hoh-loh-doh-mawr ]

noun

1. the Holodomor, a severe famine in Ukraine (1932–33), exacerbated by a series of punitive measures taken against the country by the Soviets and leading to the death of almost four million Ukrainians from hunger.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Holodomor¹

First recorded in 1930–35; from Ukrainian holodmór “death by hunger, starvation,” from hólod “hunger” + mor “extermination”

Example Sentences

Notably excluded from the definition of genocide were political or class groups, at the insistence of the Soviet Union, which did not want its leaders hauled before tribunals for the Great Terror, the Holodomor in Ukraine, or other Stalin-era mass killings.

From Slate

The attack on Kyiv was carried out on the morning of Holodomor Memorial Day, which commemorates the manmade famine in Soviet Ukraine that killed millions of Ukrainians from 1932 to 1933.

From Seattle Times

The attack was carried out on the morning of Holodomor Memorial Day which commemorates the manmade famine in Soviet Ukraine that killed millions of Ukrainians from 1932 to 1933.

From Washington Times

During the trip Berset also visited Bucha where many civilians were killed in the early stages of the war and laid flowers at a memorial in Kyiv for the Soviet-era Holodomor, when millions of Ukrainian peasants starved to death.

From Reuters

The attack was carried out on the morning of Holodomor Memorial Day which commemorates the man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine that killed millions of Ukrainians from 1932 to 1933, and is marked on the fourth Saturday in November.

From Seattle Times