Show conclusive evidence of it being deliberate historians have been looking it for ages. There is less evidence to suggest it was “deliberate” than to suggest it was unintentional; considering Kazakhs and Russians died (in the case of Kazakhs a higher proportion of their population died aswell)
Also it wasn’t 5million Ukrainians… it was between 1-2million and the famine had total deaths amounting to approx.3-3.5million depending on whose estimates (use Wheatcroft and Davies!) If you want watch BadEmpanada’s video on the matter…
(Or read Wheatcroft and Davies!!!)
Total death toll no less than 5.5 million deaths in the broader famine, and at least 3.3 million of those were ethnic Ukrainians. Regarding whether it was a genocide, scholar Raphael Lemkin, who coined the term “genocide”, states that it was genocide, and an experiment in Russification.
Yep sorry my bad about the death figures I should’ve reread Wheatcroft and Davies section before I wrote, yes it was 5.5million and around 3million Ukrainians.
Lemkin never delved deep into the topic, he lived in a time where he had no access to Soviet archives, so it was the assumption this was the case; I suggest you watch the BE video from 23:33 onwards… Lemkin didn’t study Holodomr specifically; it was a passing comment and it was before the Soviet/
-archives were released so understanding of the history was not as reliable, which all historians would agree with hence why there was a massive reevaluation of Soviet history once people had access to said archives.