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Stalin forces family owned farms into collective farming.
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The wealthy Ukranian farmers were against Stalin's idea of collective farming.
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Stalin either executed the rebels or exiled them to Siberia.
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Stalin orders grain to be shipped out from Ukraine but none to be brought in, starting the famine.
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At this point, 25,000 Ukranians are dying every day, a large portion of them children. There have been several acts of cannibalism at this point.
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The famine officially ends in the summer of 1933, with an estimated 5,000,000 Ukranians dead and 20,000,000 other Europeans that were victims of the lack of food coming out of Ukraine.
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The Soviet government tries to hide everything that happened over the last year. They silence any news of the Famine and even saying the word "Famine" is punishable by death.
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After getting its independence, Ukraine makes the famine a part of official Ukranian history.