IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 356
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the man-
made famine that occurred in Ukraine in 1932–1933. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 5, 2003
Mr. HYDE (for himself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and Mr. LANTOS) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
International Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard-
ing the man-made famine that occurred in Ukraine in 
1932–1933.
Whereas 2003 marks the 70th anniversary of the height of 
the famine in Ukraine that was deliberately initiated and 
enforced by the Soviet regime through the seizure of 
grain and the blockade of food shipments into the af-
fected areas, as well as by forcibly preventing the starv-
ing population from leaving the region, for the purposes 
of eliminating resistance to the forced collectivization of 
agriculture and destroying Ukraine’s national identity; 
Whereas this man-made famine resulted in the deaths of at 
least 5,000,000 men, women, and children in Ukraine 
and an estimated 1–2 million people in other regions;
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Whereas the famine took place in the most productive agri-
cultural area of the former Soviet Union while foodstocks 
throughout the country remained sufficient to prevent the 
famine and while the Soviet regime continued to export 
large quantities of grain; 
Whereas many Western observers with first-hand knowledge 
of the famine, including The New York Times cor-
respondent Walter Duranty, who was awarded a Pulitzer 
Prize in 1932 for his reporting from the Soviet Union, 
knowingly and deliberately falsified their reports to cover 
up and refute evidence of the famine in order to suppress 
criticism of the Soviet regime; 
Whereas Western observers and scholars who reported accu-
rately on the existence of the famine were subjected to 
disparagement and criticism in the West for their report-
ing of the famine; 
Whereas the Soviet regime and many scholars in the West 
continued to deny the existence of the famine until the 
collapse of the Soviet regime in 1991 resulted in many 
of its archives being made accessible, thereby making 
possible the documentation of the premeditated nature of 
the famine and its harsh enforcement; 
Whereas the final report of the United States Government’s 
Commission on the Ukraine Famine, established on De-
cember 13, 1985, concluded that the victims were 
‘‘starved to death in a man-made famine’’ and that ‘‘Jo-
seph Stalin and those around him committed genocide 
against Ukrainians in 1932–1933’’; and 
Whereas, although the Ukraine famine was one of the great-
est losses of human life in the 20th century, it remains
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insufficiently known in the United States and in the 
world: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that—
(1) the millions of victims of the man-made 
famine that occurred in Ukraine in 1932–1933 
should be solemnly remembered and honored in the 
70th year marking the height of the famine; 
(2) this man-made famine was designed and 
implemented by the Soviet regime as a deliberate act 
of terror and mass murder against the Ukrainian 
people; 
(3) the decision of the Government of Ukraine 
and the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) 
to give official recognition to the famine and its vic-
tims, as well as their efforts to secure greater inter-
national awareness and understanding of the famine, 
should be supported; and 
(4) the official recognition of the famine by the 
Government of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada 
represents a significant step in the reestablishment 
of Ukraine’s national identity, the elimination of the 
legacy of the Soviet dictatorship, and the advance-
ment of efforts to establish a democratic and free
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Ukraine that is fully integrated into the Western 
community of nations.
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