Abstract
One of the most tragic events in history was the artificial famine of 1929-1933 amongthe countries of the Soviet Union. As a result of the decision of the Communist Party to resettleKazakhs and forced collectivization, the country suffered from hunger and mass exhaustion.People, deprived of their property, food and water, experienced terrible events. The people ofUkraine did not escape such a fate either. The two countries that gained independence at thesame time reveal the secrets and truths of those dark years. In 2006, the Ukrainian parliamentdeclared the 1929-1933 famine «genocide», calling it a deliberate assassination attempt on thepeople. Scientists are looking for evidence of historical justice and damage to the people andproperty of the country. Kazakhstani historians and researchers also continue to work on therestoration of historical justice. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev instructed to create a specialstate commission to clarify the history of these years and establish historical justice. All this willhelp convey the true and reliable history of our sovereign country to the younger generation, paytribute to the innocent victims of the famine, as well as justify the names of the Kazakh intelligent’swho suffered from political repression. This article describes the tragic years in Kazakhstan andUkraine, which suffered the most from famine during the Soviet era.