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Ukraine Famine

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Last broadcast on Sun, 1 May 2011, 02:50 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

In the 1930s, a combination of bad weather and Soviet policy led to a devastating famine in Ukraine.

Alan Johnston brings together accounts from a survivor and a journalist who visited Ukraine at the time.

This programme was first broadcast last year.

Broadcasts

  1. Fri 29 Apr 2011
    22:50
  2. Sat 30 Apr 2011
    01:50
  3. Sat 30 Apr 2011
    03:50
  4. Sat 30 Apr 2011
    11:50
  5. Sat 30 Apr 2011
    19:50
  6. Sun 1 May 2011
    02:50

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