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World Service,29 Apr 2011,10 mins

Ukraine Famine

Witness History

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In the 1930s, a combination of bad weather and Soviet policy led to a devastating famine in Ukraine. Alan Johnston brings together accounts from a survivor and a journalist who visited Ukraine at the time. This programme was first broadcast last year.

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