New York State Is the Latest to Recognize Holodomor as Genocide

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The U.S. state of New York has officially recognized Holodomor as genocide against Ukrainians, Radio Svoboda reported.

“The New York State Senate and Assembly adopted a joint resolution on the 85th anniversary of the 1932-1933 Holodomor in Ukraine, which recognizes this tragedy as genocide against the Ukrainian people,” the Embassy of Ukraine in the United States, wrote on Facebook.

As of today, nine U.S. states have recognized Holodomor as genocide. They are Washington, Wisconsin, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania.

Massachusetts recognized Holodomor as genocide in late March 2018. In November last year, a resolution was adopted in Michigan determining Nov. 25 as the Day of Remembrance for the victims of Holodomor. Ukrainians mark Holodomor Remembrance Day every year on the fourth Saturday of November.

In November 2006, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine recognized Holodomor as genocide, and presently, more than 20 countries consider Holodomor to be genocide.

Between 1932 and 1933, millions of Ukrainians died in a famine caused by the Soviet regime of Joseph Stalin. Many of those who perished were children.

The Russian government denies that the famine was directed against Ukrainians. It also denies that it was an act of genocide. 

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, while speaking at the general debate of the 72nd session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York last year, urged the U.N. member states to recognize Holodomor as genocide