• CommunistLady@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    i am aware that it is before ww2, so was the occupations of ukraine and the far east by western powers. please consider studying before discussing

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      1 year ago

      Stalin purposely diverted shipments of grain away from Ukraine, he made a deliberate effort to starve and repress his political enemies.

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        You nailed it. Stalin pushed a cultural and physical genocide in order to subjugate the Ukranian people. He pushed the narrative that they were not an independent nation or nationality hence “the ukraine” not Ukraine.