Trauma from the Holodomor genocide continues down through generations

regions with higher Ukrainian population shares were struck harder with centrally planned policies corresponding to famine, and Ukrainian populated areas were given lower amounts of tractors which were correlated to a reduction in famine mortality, ultimately concluding that 92% of famine deaths in Ukraine alone along with 77% of famine deaths in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus combined can be explained by systematic bias against Ukrainians

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Under the collectivism policy, for example, farmers were not only deprived of their properties but a large swath of these were also exiled in Siberia with no means of survival. Those who were left behind and attempted to escape the zones of famine were ordered to be shot.

It's also worth pointing out that your statement is "downplaying" the Holodomor. If applied to the Holocaust instead (e.g. "many died from typhus"), such a statement may be illegal in Canada:

https://www.thestar.com/politics/2022/04/08/holocaust-denial... (I assume the law, part of a budget bill, was passed, but could not find a source to confirm)

There was food to eat, the Soviet Union just stole it. It was a man-made famine. Literal mass murder.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_famine_of_1930%E2%80%...