The decision to dismantle the stone set in a Snow-in memory of the victims of the Holodomor, was made in connection with numerous requests of local residents, said the speaker of the National Council DND Andrey Purgin.
"Given the dissatisfaction of the local population and the poor condition of the stone, the people's Council has decided to dismantle ", ? Purgin said " Interfax ". The head of the security service of Ukraine Valentyn Nalyvaychenko in the autumn of last year has made the initiative of deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of the new convocation to criminalize denial of Holodomor of 1932-1933. According to the Ministry of culture of Ukraine, the status of the "Holodomor" in Ukraine has only genocide 1932-1934. The events of 1921-1923 and 1946-1947 qualify as mass famine, genocidal nature of which until not proven. Victims of famine in Ukraine in the years 1932-1934 steel from 2 to 3, 5 million people. Day of memory of victims of Holodomor marks the date as a day of mourning in Ukraine every year on the fourth Saturday of November. In 1932-1933 famine in the USSR was a tragedy of the whole country and covered the territory not only of Ukraine, but also Belarus, Northern Caucasus, Volga region, southern Urals, Western Siberia, Kazakhstan and resulted in significant casualties (according to various estimates, from 2 to 8 million people).
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