15: Ukrainization, Famine, Terror: 1920s – 1930s
The Making of Modern Ukraine
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Ukraineization
Stalin sends in about 100 of his own trusted people from the outside to run the party. If you're not being enthusiastic about requisitioning the grain, you will be called the Ukrainian nationalist and then sent to a concentration camp. There's a Ukrainian military organization which is run by the Polish military organization. The Ukrainian military organization doesn't exist. But Balytzki, who was a very creative individual, explained the existence of all these groups. So right around, so that's December, January, 3233, about, at this point, about a million people are dead.
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