Swampoodle in Northeast Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Famine-Genocide in Ukraine

Holodomor 1932-1933

Photographed By Richard E. Miller, November 21, 2015

1. Famine-Genocide in Ukraine

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

In memory of the millions
of innocent victims
of a man-made famine
in Ukraine engineered and
implemented by Stalin's
totalitarian regime

Ukrainian:
У пам'ять про мільйони
невинних жертв штучного
голоду в україні
Сталінським тоталітарний
режим

Erected 2015 by Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the United States.

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38° 53.829′ N, 77° 0.53′ W. Marker is in Northeast Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Swampoodle. Marker is on Massachusetts Avenue Northeast west of North Capitol Street Northeast, on the right when traveling east. The Ukrainian memorial is directly across Massachusetts Avenue Northeast from the Smithsonian U.S. Postal Museum. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Washington DC 20002, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. “The President’s Trees” (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Freedom Bell (about 700 feet away); Christopher Columbus (about 700 feet away); Workers Memorial Day (about 800 feet away); Delaware Avenue & Columbus Circle, NE (approx. 0.2 miles away); U.S. Reservation 196 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Victims of Communism Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Victims of Communism Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Northeast Washington.

Additional keywords. Soviet Union; Stalinist atrocities "Stalinism"

"<i>Holodomor</i> 1932-1933" image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Richard E. Miller, November 21, 2015

2. "Holodomor 1932-1933"

- signage on the Massachusetts Avenue side of the monument where visitors continue leaving flowers and icons in remembrance of those who died in the famine-genocides of the 1930s under Joseph Stalin.

Famine-Genocide in Ukraine Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Richard E. Miller, November 21, 2015

3. Famine-Genocide in Ukraine Memorial

Model of the Famine-Genocide in Ukraine Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, July 30, 2016

4. Model of the Famine-Genocide in Ukraine Monument

This model of the monument was at the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine in Washington, D.C.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 26, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 17, 2015, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 490 times since then and 12 times this year. Last updated on November 22, 2015, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. Photos: 1. submitted on November 21, 2015, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 2, 3. submitted on November 22, 2015, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 4. submitted on August 2, 2018, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.