
ANCHOR: 75 years ago an estimated four to six million people died of forced starvation in Ukraine. The event named Holodomor is considered a genocide by the leaders of four countries. Politicians and public figures gathered to mark the tragedy. Here's more from Kyiv, Ukraine. STORY: Between 1932 and 1933 there was a great famine, the Holodomor. It was caused by food requisition actions carried out by Soviet authorities. Families died, villages died, and whole regions were wasted. Ukraine became a death trap for millions of children and adults. People were absolutely forbidden to talk about it. Doing so was considered to be slandering the Soviet regime and was punished severely. During the famine people ate grass, dock, roots, anything that might be eatable. Some people survived, but many didn't. Kateryna Tkachenko remembers those days. She had seven brothers and sisters, but only three of them survived. Her parents also died. Kateryna was born in 1929, so she remembers the famine mostly according to her older sister's stories. But she can still remember one episode herself. [Kateryna Tkachenko, Holodomor survivor]: "My younger brother lay on his death bed. I don't remember anything else but I remember him. He lay there and asked: give me, give me, give me with his hands. Later he died." On the anniversary of Holodomor, days of commemoration were declared throughout the whole country. Several Ukrainian scientists, politicians and clergy, and guests from other countries <b>...</b>
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