Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum | Book Club

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Pages to read: 392
ISBN: 9780385538862 (Originally listed edition & Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What is the Holodomor?
•What is Ukraine’s history?
•What history does Ukraine have with sovereignty?
•Why was Ukraine wanted by other states?
•How was Ukraine Russified?
•How was the famine denied?
•What policies induced a famine?
•What are the collectivization policies?
•How did peasants respond to food requisitions and collectivization?
•Who are the Bolsheviks?
•How did the Russians think about the Ukrainians?
•Who was blamed for the policy failures?
•How did the Soviets use propaganda?
•How did the Bolsheviks take control of Ukraine?
•What power does food have?
•How did the Bolsheviks handle the food shortages starting in WW1?
•Why did the Imperial Russian regime fall?
•Who made the Provisional Government?
•Who are the kulaks?
•Who are the Cossacks?
•How was the 1920s famine handled?
•How was America involved in the 1920s famine?
•What was the New Economic Policy?
•How did Stalin take command?
•What economic trap were peasants in during Stalin’s rule?
•What is War Communism?
•Who was blamed for policies failure?
•How did the collectivization brigades behave?
•How were Ukrainian values destroyed?
•What role did women have in the protests?
•How did people survive?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.