Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Ukrainian famine of 1932–1933, known as the Holodomor, is recognized as a genocide and should serve as a reminder of repressive Soviet policies against the people of Ukraine.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Ukrainian famine of 1932–1933, known as the Holodomor, is recognized as a genocide and should serve as a reminder of repressive Soviet policies against the people of Ukraine.

Whereas, in 1932 and 1933, millions of Ukrainians perished from a famine engineered by the former Soviet Union, designed to break the Ukrainian’s resistance to Communist occupation and to provide a cover for a campaign of repression and persecution carried out by the Soviet Union against the citizens and culture of Ukraine;

Whereas Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin ordered the borders of Ukraine sealed to prevent anyone from escaping the manmade starvation and to prevent the delivery of any international food aid that would provide relief to the starving;

Whereas the Soviet Union forced the people of Ukraine to relinquish their land, personal property, and housing to collective farms and then confiscated grain harvests, starving the men, women, and children of Ukraine;

Whereas nearly a quarter of Ukraine’s rural population perished or were forced into exile due to the induced starvation, and the entire nation suffered from the consequences of the prolonged famine;

Whereas the Government of Ukraine and the Ukrainian communities in the United States and worldwide continue their efforts to secure awareness and understanding of the 1932–1933 tragedy;

Whereas the Commission on the Ukraine Famine, Investigation of the Ukrainian Famine 1932–1933: Report to Congress, adopted by the Commission, April 19, 1988, and submitted to Congress April 22, 1988, found that in 1932 and 1933, the Government of the Soviet Union had committed genocide against the Ukrainian people; and

Whereas victims of the Holodomor genocide of 1932–1933 continue to be remembered: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the House of Representatives—

(1) recognizes the Ukrainian famine of 1932–1933, known as the Holodomor, as a genocide;

(2) solemnly remembers the atrocities of the Holodomor of 1932–1933, and extends its deepest sympathies to the victims, survivors, and families of this tragedy;

(3) condemns the systematic violations of human rights, including the starvation, repression, and persecution of the Ukrainian people by the Soviet Union;

(4) encourages dissemination of information regarding the Holodomor of 1932–1933 in order to increase an understanding of the Soviet-engineered genocide denied by the Kremlin for more than half a century;

(5) condemns Vladimir Putin’s brutal and unprovoked war in Ukraine and his repeated public rejections of the existence of a Ukrainian people and a sovereign Ukraine; and

(6) strongly supports efforts to advance the path to a lasting peace in Ukraine and deter future Russian aggression.