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An overview of Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum Donation Links: -Razom (emergency response): https://razomforukraine.org/ -The Kyiv Independent (news organization): https://www.gofundme.com/f/kyivindependent-launch -Help Ukrainian pets: https://www.avmf.org/programs/disaster-relief-in-ukraine/ AND https://www.ifaw.org/ca-en/news/emergency-aid-ukraine Find it on Bookshop.org (US): https://bookshop.org/a/11533/9780804170888 Find it on Blackwell's (UK, free US shipping): https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Red-Famine-by-Anne-Applebaum/9780141978284?a_aid=insertlitpun [Note: These are affiliate links. No pressure at all to buy from these sources (or to buy books in the first place), but if you do choose to buy through these links, I'll receive a small portion of the sale with no extra cost to you.] Timothy Snyder discusses Ukraine on Ezra Klein's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/timothy-snyder-on-the-myths-that-blinded-the-west/id1548604447?i=1000554066715 Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/InsertLitPun Find me on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/32647049-jennifer-insert-lit-pun This is not a sponsored video, and unless otherwise stated, I bought these books myself. 00:00 Introduction 01:02 Why I read this book (on Bloodlands & centering Eastern Europe) 03:00 Applebaum's thesis 03:18 Background geography & history 05:02 The Russian Revolution & Ukrainian uprisings 08:30 The USSR & "Ukrainization" 09:20 Diversity within Ukraine - urban vs. rural 10:13 Stalin & colonizing the peasantry 10:53 Collectivization (a disaster) 12:31 "Kulaks' 13:33 The purging of Ukrainian intellectuals 14:31 The decisions leading to the crisis 16:43 Starvation & cannibalism 17:24 The reaction in the cities 17:57 The international cover-up 20:28 Oral tradition & "genocide" 21:10 What is a nation? 22:06 Closing