Ukraine+(1932-1933)

**Ukraine Genocide 1932-1933**
In Ukraine 1932-1933 a man made Famine/Genocide took palce in the ethinic Ukrainian region of the northern Caucasus and the lower Volga River regions which resulted in the death between 7-10 million people. This artifical Famine/Genocide was instagated by Joseph Stalin and Lazar Kaganovich to break the spirits of the Ukrainian peasents and farmers.

**Grain Quota**
This Famine/Genocide was caused by an increased grain procurement quota of 44%(from 14.6 million tons to 22.3 million tons of grain) which resulted in grain shortages. The Sovient law was quite clear "the Ukrainians would not be given any food until the grain quota was met" the only time grain was given to farmers was to feed their livestock in order to still produce grain. The Sovient's implemented an international passport system to restrict the movement of the Ukrainian peasents so they couldn't travel in order to search for food. The grain collected from the Ukrainian farmers was stored in grain elevators that was guarded by military and Narodnyy Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del (NKVD) secret police uints, anyone caught stealing from the grain elevators was shot on site.

**Death Rate**
During the peak of the genocide Ukrainian villagers were dying at the rate of 17 per minute; 1,000 per hour; 25,000 per day. During the year 1932-1933, 3 million childeren died. Due to the amount of people starving to death, Ukrainians started to resort to canniblism.

[] David Marples; []