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      Letter sent from: Village of Zeleny Kut, Myrhorod raion, Poltava oblast Letter describes events in 1932-1933 in: unspecified location, likely the same as mailing address: Village of Zeleny Kut, Myrhorod raion, Kharkiv Current location name: Village of Zeleny Kut, Myrhorod raion, Poltava oblast Author Oleksandra Tulynska was born in 1923 ...

      Letter sent from: Village of Yalyntsi, Kremenchuk raion, Poltava oblast Letter describes events in 1932-1933 in: Village of Yalyntsi, Hradyzk raion, Kharkiv oblast Current location name: Village of Yalyntsi, Kremenchuk raion, Poltava oblast I. Demydenko recalls forced collectivization, dekurkulization and the famine in his native village of Yalyntsi. He was ...

      Letter sent from: Village of Ternopil, Ternopil oblast Letter describes events in 1932-1933 in: Village of Zlodiivka, Velyka Bahachka raion, Kharkiv oblast Current location name: Village of Psilske, Velyka Bahachka raion, Poltava oblast Mykhailo Shevchyk was a schoolchild at the time of the famine. His story focuses on the role ...

      Letter sent from: Village of Trudovyk, Kozelshchyna raion, Poltava oblast Letter describes events in 1932-1933 in: unspecified location, likely the same as mailing address: Village of Trudovyk, Kozelshchyna raion, Kharkiv oblast Current location name: Village of Trudovyk, Kozelshchyna raion, Poltava oblast Yevheniia Pinchuk was around 13 at the time of ...

      Letter sent from: Village of Svitanok, Korets raion, Rivne oblast Letter describes events in 1932-1933 in: Village of Shkurupii, Reshetylivka raion, Kharkiv oblast Current location name: Village of Shkurupii, Reshetylivka raion, Poltava oblast Melaniia Chvora was in Grade 5 during the famine. There were very few schoolchildren in class at ...

      Letter sent from: Village of Demiantsi, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi raion, Kyiv oblast Letter describes events in (1932-1933): Village of Demiantsi, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi raion, Kyiv oblast Current location name: Village of Demiantsi, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi raion, Kyiv oblast The letter describes events experienced by Olha Kyrylivna Petrenko (Ольга Кирилівна Петренко), born in 1903, and Dominika Shcherbak ...

      Letter sent from: Halaiky (Halaiok), Tetiiv Raion, Kyiv oblast Describes events in (in 1932-1933): Halaiky (Halaiok) and Piatyhory, both Tetiiv raion, Kyiv oblast Current location name: Halaiky (Halaiok) and Piatyhory, both Tetiiv raion, Kyiv oblast Author was born 1921 and had 1 brother and 3 sisters. Family was poor, joined ...

      Letter sent from: Gukovo, Rostov oblast, Russia Describes events in (1932-1933): Petrivka, Poltava raion, Kharkiv oblast Current location name: Petrivka, Poltava raion, Poltava oblast Author was born cir 1926. He discusses extensive mortality in the village; familial cannibalism; violence by bandits who would come at night to take possessions remaining ...

      Letter sent from: Pidvolochysk, Ternopil oblast Describes events in 1932-1933 in: Chetvertynivka, Trostianets raion, Vinnytsia oblast Current location name: Chetvertynivka, Trostianets raion, Vinnytsia oblast She is the only surviving members of her family of six. The rest died as a result of the famine. She recalls eating of faux foods, ...

      Letter sent from: Berezhany Ternopil oblast Letter describes events in (1932-1933): Semenivka, Arbuzynka raion, Odesa oblast Current location name: Semenivka, Arbuzynka raion, Mykolaiv oblast The author is the son of the head of one of the kolhosps formed in the village of Semenivka, Arbuzynka raion, Odesa oblast. His father was ...

      Letter sent from: Village of Ulianovka, Kirovohrad oblast Letter describes events in 1932-1933 in: Village of Holoskove, Kryve Ozero raion, Odesa oblast Current location name: Village of Holoskove, Kryve Ozero raion, Mykolaiv oblast The author Heorhii Temtsunik was roughly 13 at the time of the famine. He mentions that his ...

      Letter sent from: Village of Hlobyne, Poltava oblast Letter describes events in 1932-1933 in: Petrivka (Petrivka-Romenska), Lokhvytsia, Yakhnyky, Luka, Svyrydivka, Pisky, all in Kharkiv oblast Current location name: Petrivka (Petrivka-Romenska), Lokhvytsia, Yakhnyky, Luka, Svyrydivka, Pisky, Poltava oblast Yevhenia Alekseieva was born in 1921 as Ivha Kolomiiets before she and her ...

      Letter sent from: Zinkiv, Poltava oblast Letter describes events in (1932-1933): Zinkiv, Kharkiv oblast Current location name: Zinkiv, Kharkiv Poltava oblast Nadiia Aksiuk was about seven years old at the time of the famine. She was about to start school but could not because she was swollen with hunger. At ...

      Letter sent from: Village of Biliaky, Semenivka raion, Poltava oblast Letter describes events in 1932-1933 in: Village of Biliaky and Semenivka, both Semenivka raion, Kharkiv oblast Current location name: Village of Biliaky, Semenivka raion, now Poltava oblast Ivan Kravchenko wrote in response to Yevhen Hutsalo’s appeal in Literaturna Ukraina (№45, ...

      Letter sent from: Village of Khvoshchivka, Khorol raion, Poltava oblast Letter describes events in 1932-1933 in: Villages of Khvoshchivka, Petrakiivka and Olimpiadivka, Khorol raion, Kharkiv oblast Current location name: Villages of Khvoshchivka, Petrakiivka and Olimpiadivka, Khorol raion, now Poltava oblast Danylo Hlushchenko is a retired teacher, and A. Komar was ...

      Letter sent from: Village of Osychky, Vilshanka raion, Kirovohrad oblast Letter describes events in 1932-1933 in: Village of Osychky, Vilshanka raion, Odesa oblast Current location name: Village of Osychky, Vilshanka raion, Kirovohrad oblast Chabanenko was approximately 29 in 1933 and had 3 children. Her 2 brothers died, and she and ...

      Letter sent from: Kyiv Letter describes events in 1932-1933 in: Polovetske (Polovetsky Khutir), Bohuslav raion, Kyiv oblast Current location name: Polovetske (Polovetsky Khutir), Bohuslav raion, Kyiv oblast Author is a veteran of war and labour, member of Kyiv city organization for the preservation of history and culture memorials. He was ...

      Letter sent from: Village of Tarnava, Monastyryshche raion, Cherkasy oblast Letter describes events in 1932-1933 in: Village of Tarnava, Monastyryshche raion, Vinnytsia oblast Current location name: Village of Tarnava, Monastyryshche raion, Cherkasy oblast Born in 1915 (was 18 years old at time of Famine). Disabled veteran of the WWII. Orphaned ...

      Letter sent from: Vinnytsia Letter describes events in 1932-1933 in: Village of Kovalivka, Nemyriv raion, Vinnytsia oblast Current location name: Village of Kovalivka, Nemyriv raion, Vinnytsia oblast The Mysak family resettled from the kolhosp to Vinnytsia, where the father obtained a job as a guard in an office. Mysak gives ...

      Letter sent from: Village of Yabluchne, Velyka Pysarivka raion, Sumy oblast Letter describes events in (1932-1933): Village of Yabluchne, Velyka Pysarivka raion, Kharkiv oblast Current location name: Village of Yabluchne, Velyka Pysarivka raion, Sumy oblast The author was 15 years old at time of the Famine. He notes that fear ...