[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16364]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       UKRAINE'S 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF MAN-MADE FAMINE AND GENOCIDE

  (Mr. QUIGLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 80th 
anniversary of Ukraine's man-made famine and genocide.
  The ``Great Man-made Famine'' was executed under Joseph Stalin's 
Communist rule in an effort to eradicate Ukrainian culture, education, 
and social institutions. Under Stalin's regime, the Ukrainian people 
were stripped of their land and grain and were herded onto collective 
farms where they were eventually left to starve to death. What was once 
the ``breadbasket of Europe'' became home to a forced famine that 
ultimately took the lives of over 6 million innocent men, women, and 
children.
  But Stalin's attempt to squelch the spirit and history of the 
Ukrainian people failed.
  This Friday, the Ukrainian National Museum in Chicago will remember 
those whose lives were taken by this man-made genocide. The museum will 
also, justifiably, celebrate the strong and vibrant people in the 
nation of Ukraine that thrives today.

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