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INTERFAX UKRAINE
Kyiv, Ukraine
November 23, 2002
KYIV. A Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Holodomor will be
observed annually on the fourth Saturday of November, according to a
presidential order.
According to historians, 10-25% of the population died in the Great
Famine caused by the policies of the USSR in 1932-1933. Ukraine lost
about 24,000 people a day, a thousand an hour, or over 17 people a
minute.
In March 2002, the president signed an order to commemorate the Famine
victims of 1932-1933 and to give state support to people who experienced
the horror.
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