Resources on the Holodomor and Memory

Initial information/context

Key Historical Works – articles

  • Sysyn, Frank. “Thirty Years of Research on the Holodomor: A Balance Sheet.” East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies (2015) – at Holodomor.ca
  • Motyl, Alexander J. “Deleting the Holodomor: Ukraine Unmakes Itself.” World Affairs  (2010) – at JSTOR
  • Marples, David R. “Ethnic Issues in thhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/27752256e Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine.” Europe-Asia Studies (2009) – at JSTOR
  • Khlevniuk, Oleg, and Marta D. Olynyk. “Comments on the Short-Term Consequences of the Holodomor.” Harvard Ukrainian Studies (2008) – at JSTOR

Key Historical Works – books/book chapters

  • Kudela-Świątek, Wiktoria. The Burden of the Past: History, Memory, and Identity in Contemporary Ukraine. Edited by Anna Wylegała and Małgorzata Głowacka-Grajper, Indiana University Press, 2020 – at JSTOR
  • Applebaum, Anne. Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine. 2017.
  • Snyder, Timothy. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. Basic Books, 2010. – electronic edition on CONSORT
  • Marples, David R. Heroes and Villains: Creating National History in Contemporary Ukraine. Central European University Press, 2008. – at Openedition
  • Conquest, Robert. The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine. Oxford University Press, 1986.

Primary Sources – Literary

  • Kostryha, Arkadii Liubchenko (1933).
  • Avanposty, Ivan Kyrylenko (1933).
  • Memoir of Lev Kopelev
  • History of Happiness (1934)
  • The Hungry Thirties (1989)
  • Forever Flowing, Vasilii Grossman (1970)
  • Maria: the Chronicle of One Life (1934)
  • The Yellow Prince (1960)
  • Chorna Doshka (2014)
  • A Theme for Meditation, (2004)
  • The God that Failed, 1949

Primary Sources – Film

  • Mr. Jones (2019), dir. Agnieszka Holland, Poland/Ukraine/UK – available on Kanopy
  • Bitter Harvest (2017), dir. George Mendeluk, Canada/UK, – available on Kanopy
  • Hitler, Stalin & Mr Jones. Documentary. Storyville: Season 12, Episode 3. 2012 – on Youtube
  • Photographic evidence of

Monuments/memorials

Official Sources