my grandma Mariia witnessed Holodomor when she was a child.

she told a lot of truly gruesome stories to my dad only after fucking ussr fell apart. Mariia passed away in her 95.

my dad drew a cycle of artworks ‘Розгойдані дзвони памʼяті’ dedicated to Holodomor. here is a few: https://t.co/IOPR04X1g6

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Today is Holodomor Remembrance Day.

This haunting painting (1933 by Victor Tsymbal) captures the suffering of the Ukrainian nation.

It depicts the ascent into heaven of a mother and her child.

Poles were also hard-hit as 50.000 Poles living in Ukraine lost their lives.

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Valeriy Franchuk has painted many paintings depicting holodomor. The last time I was in Kyiv I got to see them in person. I hope nothing happens to them and they remain intact

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“1933”-a famous masterpiece about the Holodomor – a mother with child ascending to Heaven - created by Ukrainian artist Viktor Tsymbal. The painting is now at the Museum of the Holodomor Genocide in Kyiv.

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