The Holodomor National Awarness Tour visits Sudbury this Saturday (Nov. 19).
The Holodomor was a famine-genocide carried out in 1932-1933 by the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin, which resulted in the starvation deaths of millions of Ukrainians.
Death tolls from the genocide are estimated at as many as 12 million people. The word Holodomor translates to "kill by starvation".
The Holodomor National Awareness Tour features the Holodomor Mobile Classroom (HMC), a state-of-the-art, interactive mobile learning space, to engage and educate students and the public across Canada about the Holodomor.
For years, the Holodomor went unrecognized as an act of genocide, and the mere existence of the famine was repeatedly denied by the Soviet governments.
This year marks the 125th anniversary of Ukrainian immigration to Canada, and besides Ukraine and Russia, Canada has the largest Ukrainian population in the world.
The Holodomor Mobile Classroom will be at the Sudbury Ukrainian Centre (30 Notre Dame Ave.) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 19. Admission is free, donations are welcomed.
For more on the tour, visit Holodomortour.ca.
