The Holodomor (or Terror-Famine) is probably not the first thing you think of when you hear "famine," but we're thinking maybe it should be? It's arguably the only intentionally orchestrated one in history and it involves a whole lot of fascinating (and predictable) Soviet-ness. So, why not join us on a tour of some truly horrific Stalinist policy?

 

Applebaum, Anne. 2017. Red Famine. Stalin’s War on Ukraine. London: Penguin.

 

Naimark, Norman M. 2010. Stalin’s Genocides. Princeton: Princeton University Press.