Ukraine
The history of Ukraine encompasses political, economic, and cultural developments with specific events, concepts and historiographic problems. The world generally knows Ukraine by its association with specific tragic events. The Pogroms of 1919, the Great Famine of 1933, Operation Barbarossa of 1941 and Babyn Yar of 1941, Chernobyl of 1986 and the new state of Ukraine in 1991. Today in the History of Ukraine highlights the timeline of key events.
Today in the History of Ukraine – September 16, 1932 and 1941
Monday, September 16, 2024 by Lisa Williamson
92 Years Ago – September 16, 1932: Holdomor. J.V. Stalin approved the punishment of kulaks and others deemed as hostiles. A secret instruction given to repressive institutions.
83 Years Ago – September 16, 1941: Operation Barbarossa. East of Kyiv, Ukraine, 5 Soviet armies were surrounded by the Germans. Generals Guderian and Kleist’s Panzergruppen were in charge.
Siege of Odessa. In the district of Grossliebental, Romanian troops captured this German settlement in Odessa.
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