Ukrainian SSR: Famine and Soviet Policies (1929–1939)

1. Mass collectivization begins in Soviet Ukraine

   Oct 1, 1929Labels: Kolkhoz collectivization, Ukrainian SSR

   • Britannica

2. Stalin calls for rapid collectivization (“Dizzy with success”)

   Mar 2, 1930Labels: Joseph Stalin

   • Marxists
   • Britannica

3. Grain procurement pressures intensify amid shortfalls

   Dec 1, 1931Labels: Grain procurement, Ukrainian SSR

   • Britannica
   • Holodomor Museum

4. Decree criminalizes gleaning: “Law of Spikelets”

   Aug 7, 1932Labels: Law of, USSR decree

   • Holodomor Museum
   • Law Spikelets

5. Stalin warns Kaganovich: “We may lose Ukraine”

   Aug 11, 1932Labels: Joseph Stalin, Lazar Kaganovich

   • HRE Foundation

6. Ukraine Politburo decree to intensify grain procurement

   Nov 5, 1932Labels: Ukraine Politburo

   • Holodomor Museum

7. Blacklisting system formalized in Ukraine SSR

   Dec 6, 1932Labels: Blacklisting, Ukrainian SSR

   • HRE Foundation
   • Congress gov

8. All-Union decree links procurements to nationality policy

   Dec 14, 1932Labels: All-Union Decree, Nationality policy

   • Ukrainization
   • Britannica

9. USSR introduces unified internal passport system

   Dec 27, 1932Labels: Unified Passport, Propiska

   • Passport system

10. Stalin–Molotov directive blocks peasant exodus from Ukraine

    Jan 22, 1933Labels: Stalin Molotov

    • Causes Holodomor
    • Soviet famine

11. Postyshev appointed Stalin’s emissary in Ukraine

    Jan 24, 1933Labels: Pavel Postyshev

    • Britannica
    • Postyshev

12. Peak mortality during the Holodomor in Soviet Ukraine

    Jun 1, 1933Labels: Holodomor, Ukrainian SSR

    • Britannica
    • Holodomor

13. Ukrainization halts; Russification begins

    Nov 1, 1933Labels: Russification, Ukrainization end

    • Britannica

14. 1933–1934 purges reshape the Communist Party of Ukraine

    Jan 1, 1934Labels: Party purges, Communist Party

    • Britannica

15. Collectivization surpasses 90 percent of farms in Ukraine

    Dec 31, 1935Labels: Collectivization completion, Ukrainian SSR

    • Britannica

16. Great Terror purges devastate Ukrainian party leadership

    Jan 1, 1937Labels: Great Terror, Communist Party

    • Britannica