Holodomor
E3779
The Holodomor was a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that caused the deaths of millions of Ukrainians and is widely regarded as a genocide.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holodomor canonical | 15 |
| 1932–1933 famine in Soviet Ukraine | 2 |
| Holodomor famine | 1 |
| Holodomor genocide of 1932–1933 | 1 |
| Holodomor period | 1 |
| examined the Holodomor and Stalin's policies in Ukraine in Red Famine | 1 |
| Голодомор | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7131 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Holodomor Context triple: [Joseph Stalin, notableEvent, Holodomor]
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A.
Great Purge
The Great Purge was a brutal campaign of political repression, mass arrests, and executions in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s that targeted perceived enemies of the state, including Communist Party members, military leaders, and ordinary citizens.
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B.
Holocaust
The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany and its collaborators murdered six million Jews and millions of other targeted groups across Europe.
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C.
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a devastating 1930s environmental disaster on the North American Great Plains, where severe drought and poor farming practices caused massive dust storms, crop failures, and widespread displacement of farming communities.
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D.
Warsaw Uprising
The Warsaw Uprising was a major 1944 armed insurrection by the Polish resistance against Nazi German occupation, aiming to liberate Warsaw before the Soviet advance.
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E.
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-sided conflict from 1917 to the early 1920s between the Bolshevik Red Army and various anti-Bolshevik and nationalist forces that determined the establishment and consolidation of Soviet power.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Holodomor Target entity description: The Holodomor was a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that caused the deaths of millions of Ukrainians and is widely regarded as a genocide.
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A.
Great Purge
The Great Purge was a brutal campaign of political repression, mass arrests, and executions in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s that targeted perceived enemies of the state, including Communist Party members, military leaders, and ordinary citizens.
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B.
Holocaust
The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany and its collaborators murdered six million Jews and millions of other targeted groups across Europe.
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C.
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a devastating 1930s environmental disaster on the North American Great Plains, where severe drought and poor farming practices caused massive dust storms, crop failures, and widespread displacement of farming communities.
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D.
Warsaw Uprising
The Warsaw Uprising was a major 1944 armed insurrection by the Polish resistance against Nazi German occupation, aiming to liberate Warsaw before the Soviet advance.
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E.
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-sided conflict from 1917 to the early 1920s between the Bolshevik Red Army and various anti-Bolshevik and nationalist forces that determined the establishment and consolidation of Soviet power.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime against humanity
ⓘ
famine ⓘ genocide ⓘ historical event ⓘ man-made disaster ⓘ political repression ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Soviet Ukraine
ⓘ
surface form:
Ukrainian SSR
|
| commemoratedBy |
Holodomor memorials
ⓘ
Holodomor remembrance ceremonies ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | Ukraine ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | Holodomor Memorial Day ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Soviet archival records
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demographic studies ⓘ eyewitness testimonies ⓘ |
| endTime | 1933 ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Stalinist policies
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confiscation of foodstuffs ⓘ forced collectivization of agriculture ⓘ grain requisition policies of the Soviet government ⓘ punitive measures against Ukrainian peasants ⓘ restrictions on population movement ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
destruction of Ukrainian rural society
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long-term demographic impact on Ukraine ⓘ mass starvation ⓘ population decline in Ukraine ⓘ trauma in Ukrainian national memory ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | Holodomor self-link ⓘ |
| hasUkrainianName |
Holodomor
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Голодомор
|
| historicalRegion | Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | killing by starvation ⓘ |
| location |
Soviet Ukraine
ⓘ
Soviet Ukraine ⓘ
surface form:
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
|
| numberOfVictims | millions of people ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Ukrainian diaspora organizations ⓘ |
| partOf |
Soviet famines
ⓘ
Stalinist repressions ⓘ |
| recognizedAsGenocideBy |
Canada
ⓘ
European Parliament ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
multiple national parliaments ⓘ |
| significantPerson |
Joseph Stalin
ⓘ
Lazar Kaganovich ⓘ Pavel Postyshev ⓘ Stanislav Kosior ⓘ Vyacheslav Molotov ⓘ |
| startTime | 1932 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| victim |
Ukrainian peasants
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ethnic Ukrainians ⓘ rural population of Soviet Ukraine ⓘ |
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Subject: Holodomor Description of subject: The Holodomor was a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that caused the deaths of millions of Ukrainians and is widely regarded as a genocide.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.