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21 September 2007 17:24

Declassified Memory: Manmade Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine through GPU-NKVD Documents Book Presented at the Kyiv Institute for International Relations

September 20, 2007, the Declassified Memory: Manmade Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine through GPU-NKVD Documents book was presented at the Kyiv Institute for International Relations. Among its participants were acting SSU Head Valentyn Nalyvaychenko, Director of the Institute for International Relations Leonid Hubersky, and expert with the Culture Programs Department at the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Fund Olesia Stasiuk.

Addressing the audience, Mr. Nalyvaychenko said, “There shouldn’t be any secrets, concealment, or distortions left regarding the Holodomor”. In his words, today the Ukrainian secret service reveals all documents on this subject in its disposal for the access of the Ukrainian public and global community and invites researchers, historians, and everybody caring, to cooperate.

Mr. Hubersky said that this book was another stage in the work aimed at popularizing impartial information on the Manmade Famine as genocide of the Ukrainian people both within Ukraine and abroad.

In her turn, Ms. Stasiuk said the Declassified Memory collection was the fifth book published by the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Fund within the framework of its History Lessons: Holodomor Manmade Famine of 1932-1933 program, and the first result of the Fund’s cooperation with the Security Service of Ukraine. She recalled that in October 2006 the Ukraine 3000 Fund and SSU signed a memorandum on cooperation in making public the truth about this tragedy. Ms. Stasiuk added that the Ukraine 3000 Fund is prepared to cooperate with researchers, historians, and students in further research of this subject and popularizing the truthful information on Holodomor in the society.

The copies of the Declassified Memory: Manmade Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine through GPU-NKVD Documents book were donated to the Kyiv Institute for International Relations library. Ms. Hubersky informed that this book was to be made a part of the Institute’s academical program.

The Declassified Memory: Manmade Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine through GPU-NKVD Documents was presented August 27, 2007. was prepared by SSU archive, Ukraine 3000 Fund, Ukrainian National Memory Institute representatives, scholars, etc. The book contains scholarly papers, documents, including photos, diaries, and letters, along with materials from the Declassified Memory exhibition demonstrated in Ukraine’s regions.

The said event was the first in a series of actions organized by SSU to present the collection at Kyiv universities. Similar events are scheduled to be held at the Kyiv Taras Shevchenko National University and Kyiv Mohyla Academy National University.