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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
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.
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
“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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