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Main Debate: Backbench debate on recognition of the 1930s Great Famine in Ukraine, known as the Holodomor, when millions of Ukrainians died during the forced collectivisation of farms by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
From BBC ● May 19, 2023
They were being punished for resisting the forced collectivisation of farms.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2022
This was an apparent reference to the estimated 3-4 million Ukrainians who died in the early 1930s when Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin imposed the collectivisation of agriculture and other policies aimed at crushing Ukrainian nationalism.
From Reuters ● Jan. 26, 2022
While the first era of globalisation was breaking up, Moscow was pushing ahead with the collectivisation of agriculture and rapid industrialisation.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 4, 2017
When the war ended, failed collectivisation policies plunged the country into dire hardship.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2013
