“The Trials of Fate”: Remembering the Victims of the Holodomor in the Lebedyn Region

November 26, 2005, Lebedyn. Sumy Regional State Television and Radio Company. The program “Trials of Fate” is dedicated to the memory of the victims of the 1932–1933 Holodomor and features testimonies about the tragedy in the Lebedyn region.

The video features black-and-white historical footage showing grain being loaded onto foreign ships, images of Ukrainian peasants—children and adults—who suffered from starvation, Communist leaders, crosses, and graves. A memorial procession in Lebedyn to honor the victims.

Commentary by: writer Boris Tkachenko and Archpriest Oleksandr Dvinyatin of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church–Kyiv Patriarchate.