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How Holodomor famine still scars Ukraine food habits

How Holodomor famine still scars Ukraine food habits

Nearly a century after a famine that killed millions, Ukrainians still carry out practices shaped by that trauma, especially as Russia’s treatment of POWs echoes tactics from the Holodomor era.

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