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Stalin’s Holodomor in Kazakhstan, or a very brief guide to “The Goloshchekin genocide”

According to one estimate, this famine took the lives of approximately 1.45 million people[5], which given the sparsity of the Kazakh people at the time amounted to approximately 1/3 of the Kazakhs. In fact, this famine struck down such a great swathe of Kazakh society that it even made the ethnic Kazakhs an ethnic minority in their own lands until the 1980s. Given the “pretexts”, the modus operandi of the Soviet state in Kazakhstan and the disproportionate level of suffering, it’s not hard to see why the situation in Kazakhstan in the early 30s is compared to the situation in Ukraine in the early 30s. However, except for odd mentions here and there, there is now a great difference between Ukraine & Kazakhstan when it comes to discussion of these two great tragedies. In Ukraine, it is now completely possible to talk about Holodomor. In the light of the current crisis between Ukraine and Russia, it has now arguably become centre-stage when it comes to discussing Ukrainian history itself. In Kazakhstan, discussions seem to take the form of hushed tones when it comes to the “Goloshchekin genocide.”

http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/02/02/stalins-holodomor-in-kazakhstan-or-a-very-brief-guide-to-the-goloshchekin-genocide/

Remember when #Russia complained about damaged buildings in #Slovyansk during the siege? Not a single word about #Debaltseve, #Pisky etc.

tuumapomm @tuumapomm · 4h 4 hours ago

Remember when #Russia complained about damaged buildings in #Slovyansk during the siege? Not a single word about #Debaltseve, #Pisky etc.

tuumapomm @tuumapomm · 4h 4 hours ago

In last two weeks, more civilians have died in Ukrainian-held areas than during the whole #Slovyansk siege. Русский мир. #Ukraine

I’m losing money by using ATMs. Bitcoin to the rescue?

So there’s this great website which shows the USD to UAH “commercial” (read “black market”) rate: http://kurs.com.ua/ua/lvov.

So the official bank rate is 16.4 and the “commercial” rate is 20.8. A pathetic 79% of the actual rate.

But it gets worse. When I use Ukrainian ATM to draw from my American Bank account, the exchange rate is only 15.8! 76% of the actual rate.

Evasion of Military call-up in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

According to 57% of reservists alerts Ivano-Frankivsk arrived at the medical commission.

In addition, 37% of military service advertised Ivano-Frankivsk left the territory of Ukraine

Problem:

1) Russians have done a good job of showing dead Ukrainians on Youtube.

2) Low confidence in Ukrainian leadership.

Solution:

When they rotate away from the front, Ukrainian military units need to get their best young leaders to run day-long “orientation” training. Teach people how to shoot or something as a public service.