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Holodomor Statue Officially Dedicated in Provincial Capital

Released on May 12, 2015

Today, Deputy Premier Ken Krawetz joined Lieutenant Governor Vaughn Solomon Schofield, Regina Mayor Michael Fougere, and Ukrainian community members to officially dedicate a statue that will serve as a permanent reminder of the Holodomor – a man-made famine that devastated Ukraine during the early 1930s.

The bronze figure, near Lakeshore Drive and Avenue B in Wascana Centre, is an exact copy of the statue entitled “Bitter Memories of Childhood” by sculptor Petro Drozdowsky and features a somber peasant girl collecting a wheat sheaf.  The statue serves as a sobering reminder of the devastation caused by the famine and its impact on children.

“This new addition to the Saskatchewan Legislative Building precinct will foster greater awareness of the Holodomor and provide a permanent place in our province for everyone to reflect upon the terrible tragedy,” Krawetz said.  “It will honour the memory of those who perished and the legacy of those who survived, including many who found refuge in Saskatchewan.”

Holodomor, meaning 'extermination by hunger' in Ukrainian, claimed seven to 10 million people from 1932 to 1933 and is regarded by historians as a deliberate campaign of terror perpetrated by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.

“The Ukrainian Canadian Congress of Regina is happy to see our vision become a reality,” Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Regina Branch President Orest Gawdyda said.  “We thank the Government of Saskatchewan and Wascana Centre Authority for making the Ukrainian community of Saskatchewan proud by having the Holodomor statue erected near the Saskatchewan Legislative Building.”

The statue is a project of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Regina Branch.  The original is near the entrance of the National Holodomor Museum in Kyiv, Ukraine.

In 2008, the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was the first jurisdiction in North America to recognize this genocide with the passing of The Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act.  More than 130,000 people in Saskatchewan identify as having Ukrainian ancestry.

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For more information, contact:

Dan Palmer
Intergovernmental Affairs
Regina
Phone: 306-787-2155
Email: dan.palmer@gov.sk.ca

Orest Gawdyda
Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Regina Branch
Phone: 306-535-5523

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