Starving Ukraine: The Holodomor and Canada's Response

by Serge Cipko

Overview

In 1932-33, a famine – the Holomodor (“extermination by hunger”) – raged through Ukraine, killing millions. Although the Soviet government denied it, news about the catastrophe got out. Canadians came to learn about the famine from many sources, though the reports were sometimes contradictory. Through an extensive analysis of the newspapers, political speeches, and protests, Starving Ukraine examines both Canada’s reporting of the famine and the country’s response to it, highlighting the importance of journalists and protestors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780889775602
Publisher:	University of Regina Press
Publication date:	09/29/2018
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Serge Cipko is Assistant Director, Research, at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, and author of Ukrainians in Argentina, 1897–1950: The Making of a Community and co-author, with Glenna Roberts, of One-Way Ticket: The Soviet Return-to-the-Homeland Campaign, 1955–1960. 

Table of Contents

Chronology of Major Events - vii

Acknowledgements - xi

Introduction - xiii

Chapter One: "We Are Starving Terribly": 1932 - 1

Chapter Two: "Open Your Eyes, Unite in a Common Protest": Winter 1933 - 19

Chapter Three: "Starvation, Real Cause of Soviet Trial": Spring 1933 - 51

Chapter Four: "What to believe about Russia": Summer 1933 - 65

Chapter Five: "What Are 1,000,000 in a Population of 162,000,000?": Autumn 1933 - 93

Chapter Six: "Hunger Bennett": The Pro-Soviet Community in Canada - 129

Chapter Seven: "A Blessing from Heaven": Aids and Appeals, January - June 1934 - 159

Chapter Eight: "A Great Responsibility": Canada, the USSR, and the League of Nations, July - December 1934 - 185

Conclusion - 213

Appendix - 225

Notes - 229

Bibliography - 321

Permissions Acknowledgements - 335

index - 337

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Cipko has assembled a rich collection of documents about the dissemination in Canada of news about the Great Ukrainian Famine … The work [makes] an important contribution to the study of Canadian mainstream and ethnic newspapers, how they handled information on foreign catastrophes, and how the two domains of journalism interacted.” - Roman Serbyn, editor of Famine in Ukraine, 1932-1933

Editorial Reviews

"The book is well organized, written in a lively, engaging style that will appeal to both an academic and a popular audience."

Canadian Ethnic Studies

"The book is well organized, written in a lively, engaging style that will appeal to both an academic and a popular audience."— Canadian Ethnic Studies

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