https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
Stalin tried to subjugate Ukraine by deliberately starving the population. Millions died. That goes a long way toward explaining why the Ukranians were happy to see the Germans arrive in 1941. (But the Nazis did not bother to hide their true intent so in general, that feeling was very brief.)
Stalin tried to subjugate Ukraine by deliberately starving the population. Millions died. That goes a long way toward explaining why the Ukranians were happy to see the Germans arrive in 1941. (But the Nazis did not bother to hide their true intent so in general, that feeling was very brief.)