Victims of Ukrainian Famine commemorated in Moldovan capital

Chisinau, 22 November /MOLDPRES/ - The victims of the Holodomor  (Ukrainian Famine) from the 1932-1933 years were commemorated at a today’s roundtable dedicated to this tragic event in Chisinau today. The Holodomor left painful traces also in Bessarabia (1946-1947). The event was held under the slogan, We Keep in Memory! We Will Not Forget!  

The famine organized by the totalitarian regime in order to subdue people killed millions of people and children were worst hit. ‘’The criminal regime spread not only famine, but also fear, as during decades, this tragedy was passed over in silence. The people learned the truth, after Ukraine and Moldova had left the Soviet empire and became sovereign and independent states,’’ the participants in the roundtable said.   

The participants in the meeting launched a call to support the Ukrainian soldiers who presently fight for Ukraine’s liberation from the Russian occupation. ‘’On these days, our memory is our strength. The world community also mobilizes us for a common fight against the global evil. This year, the commemoration days are held under the slogan, Light a candle for the victims of Holodomor. Support the soldiers in the fight for Ukraine,’’ reads the organizer’s press release.  

Thirty states from all over the world officially recognized the Holodomor from Ukraine as a genocide act. ‘’The Embassy of Ukraine expresses deep gratitude to Moldova, which joined this important act in 2022,’’ the charge d’affairs of Ukraine in Moldova, Natalia Sirenko, said.

A documentary on the Holodomor’s tragedy was screened at the roundtable. Eye witnesses were telling what they had felt on that period of ordeal for Ukraine. The people present at the event stood silent for one minute in the memory of the victims of the Holodomor from Ukraine and of the organized famine in Moldova.  

Attending the roundtable were the director general of the Interethnic Relations Agency, Viaceslav Riabcinski,  the president of the Ukrainian Community from Moldova, Vitalii Mrug, the deputy head of the social, humanitarian and interethnic relations department at the Chisinau city hall, Vera Petuhova, the head of the public association, Cultural Movement of Ukrainians from Moldova, journalist  Zinaida Gurskaia, the dean of the Odessa-based I.I. Mechnikov National University’s Faculty of History and Philosophy, Veaceslav Kusnir, a researcher of the Moldovan Academy of Sciences, Katerina Kojuhar.      

The roundtable was organized by the Ukrainian Community from Moldova, with the support of Ukraine’s Embassy in Moldova and the Chisinau city hall.