Biden honored the memory of the victims of the Holodomor in Ukraine: what did the US presidents say about this tragedy

Today, November 27, is the Day of Remembrance of the Holodomor Victims in Ukraine. This tragedy did not leave indifferent the US President Joe Biden. In this regard, he made a statement. What Biden, as well as his predecessors, talked about, the newspaper said with the BBC.

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The memory of the Holodomor in Ukraine began to be restored everywhere under President Viktor Yushchenko in 2005. At the same time, Ukraine officially recognized this tragedy as genocide.

In addition to Biden, other US presidents also mentioned the Holodomor, including Donald Trump, Barack Obama and George W. Bush.

"The tragedy to which the aggressive regime of Stalin led"

Joe Biden's statement, dated November 24, is timed to coincide with the anniversary of the great famine in Ukraine in 1932-1933. Its goal is to reaffirm the United States' commitment to the people of Ukraine, as well as "unwavering support for its sovereignty and territorial integrity."

This wording is prompted by growing concerns in the United States about the concentration of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine and warnings that Russia may be planning an offensive.

Joe Biden emphasized the role of the communist regime of the USSR, in particular Stalin, in organizing the Holodomor.

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“The men, women and children who lost their lives during this famine were victims of the brutal policies and deliberate actions of Joseph Stalin’s regime,” the statement said. “The Ukrainian people overcame the horror of the Holodomor and demonstrated their spirit and resilience. He ultimately created a free and democratic society.”

What Trump said about the Holodomor

The 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, referred to the Holodomor in 2018 in his address on the occasion of the National Day of Victims of Communism (November 7).

“Since the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917, we have witnessed the consequences of tyrannical communist ideology - suffering, repression and death,” he said at the time.

“These horrors were experienced by Ukrainians deliberately exterminated during the Holodomor, Russians during the Great Terror, Cambodians killed in mass executions, Berliners shot while trying to escape,” Trump said.

All these sacrifices, he said, testify to "an unconditional fact: communism and the pursuit of it will always be destructive in relation to the human spirit and the prosperity of mankind."

November 7, the day of the Bolshevik coup in Russia in 1917, is a memorial date. In the United States, it is called the National Day of Victims of Communism.

Obama: "Tyranny and Extremism"

44th US President Barack Obama also paid much attention to the topic of the Ukrainian Holodomor.

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In November 2009, he noted that Ukraine was once the granary of Europe; Ukrainians could feed themselves and save millions of lives if they were allowed to do this. The Ukrainian people suffered from the confiscation of crops and farms.

“We hope that remembering the Holodomor will help prevent such tragedies in the future,” Obama said at the time. “Memories of the victims of the Holodomor provide an opportunity to reflect on the condition of those affected by tyranny and extremism around the world.”

George W. Bush: "This is a Crime Against Humanity"

George W. Bush personally honored the victims of the Holodomor in Ukraine during a visit to Kiev in April 2008.

Bush and then Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, as well as their spouses, laid flowers at the memorial sign to the victims of the Holodomor, erected in Kiev on Mikhailovskaya Square.

In the same year, on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holodomor, Bush wrote a letter to Yushchenko, in which he called this tragedy a crime against humanity.

“I join my fellow Americans in commemorating this crime against humanity,” Bush said. “The United States is proud to call Ukraine a friend, and we will continue to stand in solidarity with its people.”

According to historians, at least 1932 million people died from the Holodomor of 1933-3,9 in Ukraine. According to other estimates, it is about seven million.

16 states recognized it as genocide: the USA, Australia, Georgia, Ecuador, Estonia, Canada, Colombia, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Hungary, Portugal, as well as the Vatican as a separate state.

Russia denies that the Holodomor was a deliberate genocide.

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