November 26, 2012 ▪ Bohdan Tsiupyn |
Some renowned Western intellectuals thought of the Famine as a justified step to the Soviet Union’s radiant future
On November 24, Ukraine commemorated the victims of the 1932-1933 Famine. Thousands of people came to memorials and central squares in Kyiv, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhia, Kharkiv and Donetsk, to mourn those killed. Following the moment of silence at 4 p.m. by the Famine Memorial in Kyiv, the memorial service began and countless candles flickered by the monuments and in the windows as part of the nationwide Light the Candle of Memory campaign. 80 years ago, however, some renowned Western intellectuals thought of the Famine as a justified step to the Soviet Union’s radiant future