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The Hunger of 1946–1947 in Ukraine: Interview with Historian Viktor Krupyna for "Ukrainian Week"

05.02.2026

Researcher of the political and social history of Ukraine in the second half of the 20th century, senior researcher at the Institute of History of Ukraine, candidate of historical sciences Viktor Krupina in an interview with "Ukrainian Week" spoke about the third famine on the territory of Ukraine in 1946-1947 – after the food shortages of the 1920s and the genocide of the 1930s.

What were the objective reasons and ideological factors of this famine, which regions of the USSR suffered the most, what was the number of victims, how are demographic losses assessed, why the famine of 1946–1947 is less studied than the Holodomor of 1932-1933, what are their differences – answers to these and other questions can be found in the full version of the interview "The famine of 1946–1947 buried hopes for the humanization of the Soviet system".

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