Ukranian Autocephalus Orthodox Church

The ucranian autocephalus orthodox church became independent from the russian orthodox church. The idea had been that encouraging this kind of diversity would appease various ethnic groups and it would increase their port for the soviet regime. But lenin's successor, joseph stahlen, found ukraine's cultural rebirth and its shift away from russian culture and ideals to be threatening. In 19 29 he started arresting thousands of ukranians, scientists, poets, intellectuals and artists claiming they were part of a secret organization plotting against russia. Another big factor leading into the holidomor was stalin's first five year plan, which was announced in 19 28