Holodomor Genocide was probably inspired by Rafael Lemkin, the man that created the term genocide. Lemkin;
On one hand, Stalin was a brutal dictator but on the other he was a complete Ukrainophile. His rule had periods of Ukrainization followed by repression of Ukrainian intelligentsia. Stalin also solidified the unification of Eastern and Western Ukraine. Rafael Lemkin lived in Poland and could have read a lot of anti-Bolshevik propaganda. But his analysis was enough for the Svidomites to create a policy.
Ukraine has been banging on about Holodomor genocide narrative ever since independence and it is tool to make Russia pay, it was always a tool to make Russia pay. And the Russians answer that this was a collective tragedy, and some Russian regions suffered even more than Ukraine. There is little evidence that there ever was a policy aimed at exterminating the Ukrainians or that the famine led to greater Russification. In my opinion Russification was the legacy of the Tsarist period. The Tsars established most of the cities in Ukraine, or significantly expanded them.
As you can see below is that most countries recognized Holodomor narrative following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, in solidarity with the Kiev regime. It is a strange peremoha like Finland in NATO….
I always found it ironic that the Ukrainian government banged on about Holodomor when Ukraine was experiencing depopulation that would put Holodomor to shame. An ephemeral peremoha that becomes zrada.
The annihilation of the nation is working well for Russia. Ukraine is threatened by a demographic collapse number show.
There was always an opportunity to make a peace with Russia. Instead the Ukrainian chose to create a habitat for wild boars and feral hogs.
