This is a memorial to the number of Ukrainians between three and six million who straved to death by a man made famine under the Stalin Solviet regimes 5 year collectivization plan between 1932-1933. The people were reduced to eating grass, tree bark, flowers, dogs, rats and in some instances reduced to canabilizum. The origions of the famine lay in the decision of Stalin to collectivize agriculture in 1929 by siezing land for farms and the owners in some instances being sent to gulags.
Ukraine suffered more than most countries as this led to a drop in production, the disorganization of the rural economy, and food shortages. it also sparked a series of rebellions, including armed up risings in some parts of Ukraine