H. Res. 1314 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
September 23, 2008. 
Whereas in 1932 and 1933, an estimated seven to 10 million 
Ukrainian people perished at the will of the totalitarian 
Stalinist government of the former Soviet Union, which 
perpetrated a premeditated famine in Ukraine in an ef-
fort to break the nation’s resistance to collectivization 
and communist occupation; 
Whereas the Soviet Government deliberately confiscated grain 
harvests and starved millions of Ukrainian men, women, 
and children by a policy of forced collectivization that 
sought to destroy the nationally conscious movement for 
independence; 
Whereas Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin ordered the borders of 
Ukraine sealed to prevent anyone from escaping the man- 
made starvation and preventing any international food 
aid that would provide relief to the starving; 
Whereas numerous scholars worldwide have worked to un-
cover the scale of the famine, including Canadian wheat 
expert Andrew Cairns who visited Ukraine in 1932 and 
was told that there was no grain ‘‘because the govern-
ment had collected so much grain and exported it to Eng-
land and Italy,’’ while simultaneously denying food aid to 
the people of Ukraine;
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Whereas nearly a quarter of the rural population of Ukraine 
was eliminated due to forced starvation, while the entire 
nation suffered from the consequences of the prolonged 
lack of food; 
Whereas the Soviet Government manipulated and censored 
foreign journalists, including New York Times cor-
respondent Walter Duranty, who knowingly denied not 
only the scope and magnitude, but also the existence, of 
a deadly man-made famine in his reports from Ukraine; 
Whereas noted correspondents of the time were castigated by 
the Soviet Union for their accuracy and courage in de-
picting and reporting the famine in Ukraine, including 
Gareth Jones, William Henry Chamberlin, and Malcolm 
Muggeridge, who wrote, ‘‘[The farmers] will tell you that 
many have already died of famine and that many are 
dying every day; that thousands have been shot by the 
government and hundreds of thousands exiled’’; 
Whereas in May 1934, former Congressman Hamilton Fish 
introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives 
(House Resolution 399 of the 73d Congress) which called 
for the condemnation of the Soviet Government for its 
acts of destruction against the Ukrainian people; 
Whereas the United States Commission on the Ukraine Fam-
ine, formed on December 13, 1985, conducted a study 
with the goal of expanding the world’s knowledge and un-
derstanding of the Ukrainian Famine of 1932–1933, and 
concluded that the victims were ‘‘starved to death in a 
man-made famine’’ and that ‘‘Joseph Stalin and those 
around him committed genocide against Ukrainians in 
1932–1933’’;
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Whereas on May 15, 2003, in a special session, the Ukrain-
ian Parliament acknowledged that the Ukrainian Famine 
(Holodomor) was engineered by Joseph Stalin and the 
Soviet Government deliberately against the Ukrainian na-
tion and called upon international recognition of the 
Holodomor; 
Whereas with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, archival 
documents became available that confirmed the deliberate 
and pre-meditated deadly nature of the famine, and that 
exposed the atrocities committed by the Soviet Govern-
ment against the Ukrainian people; and 
Whereas on October 13, 2006, the President of the United 
States signed into law Public Law 109–340 that author-
ized the Government of Ukraine ‘‘to establish a memorial 
on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the 
victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933,’’ 
in recognition of the upcoming 75th anniversary of the 
tragedy in 2008: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) solemnly remembers the 75th anniversary of the 
Ukrainian Famine (Holodomor) of 1932–1933 and ex-
tends its deepest sympathies to the victims, survivors, 
and families of this tragedy; 
(2) condemns the systematic violations of human 
rights, including the freedom of self-determination and 
freedom of speech, of the Ukrainian people by the Soviet 
Government; 
(3) encourages dissemination of information regard-
ing the Ukrainian Famine (Holodomor) in order to ex-
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pand the world’s knowledge of this man-made tragedy; 
and 
(4) supports the continuing efforts of Ukraine to 
work toward ensuring democratic principles, a free-mar-
ket economy, and full respect for human rights, in order 
to enable Ukraine to achieve its potential as an impor-
tant strategic partner of the United States in that region 
of the world. 
Attest: 
Clerk.