Ukrainian Holodomar Famine Genocide Memorial

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Holodomor, which in Ukrainian means “extermination by hunger”, is the term used to describe the deliberate starvation of millions of Ukrainians in the Ukrainian SSR and adjacent Cossack territories between 1932 and 1933 by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin who wanted to destroy the people living there seeking independence from his rule. Millions of Ukrainians & Cossacks died of starvation during that short period, up to a third of them children. Because this unprecedented peacetime catastrophe was a deliberate political policy, it is classed as genocide. More info here:
http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/stalin.htm

More links:

More info:
http://www.archregina.sk.ca/news/2014/11/24/holodomor-memorial

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Canadian

http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/ukrainian_settlements.html

http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pagesSASaskatchewan.htm

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Photos

"Bitter Memory of Childhood"
The poignant life-size bronze statue of a hollow eyed, obviously starving little girl holding a few stalks of wheat called "Bitter Memory of Childhood" by sculptor Petro Drozdowsky, was made from the same cast as the original one that stands near the entrance of the National Holodomor Museum in Kyiv, Ukraine. The wheat symbolism is significant because those who survived often did so by eating grain they managed to hide from soldiers.

Saskatchewan was the first jurisdiction
in North America to formally recognize Holodomor. The province, which has a vibrant Ukranian community (13.5% of the population) wanted to honor the memory of those who perished & celebrate the legacy of those who survived including the many who found refuge in Saskatchewan. (Being an agrarian people, most survivors found refuge in Canada’s prairie provinces, ie Alberta, Manitoba & Saskatchewan.)

As a permanent reminder of the tragedy
The memorial is located SE of Regina's Legislative Building on the shore of Wascana Lake. The statue was purchased by the local chapter of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress & dedicated to the memory of the many children who died in Holodomor. The statue stands on an actual millstone, just as the original does.

Unveiled May 12, 2015
Many dignitaries & more than 100 members of Regina's Ukrainian community were in attendance for the unveiling on May 12, 2015.

On the shore of picturesque Wascana Lake
with the Center of the Arts in the background.

Comments

[Eva M.]

Holodomor
Awesome. This picture tribute touched me.

[Nina Meshchanova]

3D Model Statue Bitter memory of childhood
3D Model Statue Bitter memory of childhood https://skfb.ly/6ILwx at National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide was developed Сергей Присяжный (Sergii Prysiazhnyi) and his company AERO3Dengineering https://aero3d.com.ua/ in 2017 year