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Add half of Africa and some middle east. Ukraine with its top notch black earth is the literal 'breadbasket of Europe'. Hitler knew it and Stalin knew it very well when he forced starvation to death upon Ukrainian population to subjugate them.


> he forced starvation to death upon Ukrainian population to subjugate them

I don't mean to defend the Soviet regime here but in the interest of discussion: the "to subjugate them" aspect is still somewhat contested [0]. I'm not sure whether it would even class as genocide according to the UN's own criteria.

From my understanding: the famine was definitely man-made, the question is more about whether it was intentional.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor_genocide_question


True.




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