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November 25, 2007
I’ve just come from the church. I’m Christian. I feel such a great lightness in my soul when I’m in the church. There we sing, pray and listen to the sermons.
Gospel songs aren’t some boring, religious prayers. For instance, I advice you to listen to Hillsong United songs. My favourite ones are ‘Take It All’ and ‘Forever’.
Gospel songs aren’t some boring, religious prayers. For instance, I advice you to listen to Hillsong United songs. My favourite ones are ‘Take It All’ and ‘Forever’.
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07:09 AM Nov 26 2007 |
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Bakang
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November 23, 2007
Today is 24th November. My country has a national sorrow. Today’s 75th anniversary of famine (holodomor) caused by Russian Soviet Government.
The Ukrainian famine (1932-1933), or Holodomor, was one of the largest national catastrophes of the Ukrainian nation in history with direct loss of human life in the range of millions (estimates vary). While the famine in Ukraine was a part of a wider famine that also affected some other regions of the USSR such as Kazakhstan and Volga German Republic, the name Holodomor is specifically applied to the events that took place in territories populated by ethnic Ukrainians.
Most modern historians agree that the famine was caused by the policies of the government of the Russian Soviet Union under Stalin, rather than by natural causes, and the Holodomor is sometimes referred to as genocide, implying that the famine was engineered by the Soviet leadership, specifically targeting the Ukrainian people to destroy the Ukrainian nation as a political factor and social entity.
The parliament of Ukraine and the governments of 14 other countries recognized the famine as genocide. Ukraine is very thankful to Poland, Georgia, Australia, Portugal, Canada, Hungary and some other.
To honor those who perished in the Holodomor, monuments have been dedicated and public events held annually in Ukraine and worldwide.
Viktor Yushchenko directed that a minute of silence should be observed at 4 o'clock in the afternoon today. The document specified that flags in Ukraine should fly at half-mast as a sign of mourning. In addition, the decree directed that entertainment events are to be restricted and television and radio programming adjusted accordingly. And at the window of each Ukrainian will be a candle…
The Ukrainian famine (1932-1933), or Holodomor, was one of the largest national catastrophes of the Ukrainian nation in history with direct loss of human life in the range of millions (estimates vary). While the famine in Ukraine was a part of a wider famine that also affected some other regions of the USSR such as Kazakhstan and Volga German Republic, the name Holodomor is specifically applied to the events that took place in territories populated by ethnic Ukrainians.
Most modern historians agree that the famine was caused by the policies of the government of the Russian Soviet Union under Stalin, rather than by natural causes, and the Holodomor is sometimes referred to as genocide, implying that the famine was engineered by the Soviet leadership, specifically targeting the Ukrainian people to destroy the Ukrainian nation as a political factor and social entity.
The parliament of Ukraine and the governments of 14 other countries recognized the famine as genocide. Ukraine is very thankful to Poland, Georgia, Australia, Portugal, Canada, Hungary and some other.
To honor those who perished in the Holodomor, monuments have been dedicated and public events held annually in Ukraine and worldwide.
Viktor Yushchenko directed that a minute of silence should be observed at 4 o'clock in the afternoon today. The document specified that flags in Ukraine should fly at half-mast as a sign of mourning. In addition, the decree directed that entertainment events are to be restricted and television and radio programming adjusted accordingly. And at the window of each Ukrainian will be a candle…
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10:19 AM Nov 25 2007 |
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Mamai
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06:04 AM Nov 24 2007 |
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November 23, 2007
Never seek to tell your love,
Love that never told can be;
For the gentle wind does move
Silently, invisibly…
William Blake