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MOSCOW. (Political commentator Leonid Mlechin...
a traitor by many Ukrainians. But the battle for Poltava or reassessment of the roles played by Mazepa and Khmelnitsky will not set Ukraine against Russia, just as Napoleon's campaign and invasion in 1812 do not prevent Russia from having good relations with France. But the events of the 20th century are a different thing, and not because they are closer, but because they are bloodier and more confusing.The 1932-1933 famine took four to five million lives. It was the worst in Ukraine, although Kazakhstan was probably the hardest hit. The famine and the ensuing typhus epidemic killed 1,700,000 people, or 40% of Kazakhstan's population.
The famine was not completely engineered by an evil will, although it did play a role. The reasoning of the Soviet leaders was simple - there was not enough time to persuade the owners of private capital to help; therefore, all resources should be taken by force and used for industrialization. There was virtually nothing
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