BBCNEWS BBC News February 12, 2022 02:16:00
But 95—year—old petro knows what a lie that was. forced collectivisation of farms brought starvation and terror to his family. translation: it was very scary. there was a brigade with pitchforks who came to every house searching for bread. i was five at that time. we locked the doors and all the windows but they used crowbars to come inside, and then they went to all the barns to try and find any buried bread. food was seized to punish peasants who resisted collectivisation. it“s thought up to 4 million people died in what ukraine calls the holodomor — killing through hunger. russia de...