Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has addressed his compatriots on the Holodomor Remembrance Day.
"Every year, at the end of November, we honor the memory of the victims of terrible famines that killed millions of people. An unprecedented global tragedy has caused irreparable damage to Ukraine. The terrible years of totalitarianism have also become a spiritual disaster: many temples were destroyed, hundreds of thousands of peasants, workers and intellectuals were physically destroyed and sent to [concentration] camps, and almost all Ukrainian families suffered," the head of state said in an address posted on his official Web site on Saturday.
"Keeping the memory of the tragic events of our past, the Ukrainian state is steadily moving forward, developing civil society on the principles of human rights and freedoms and laying a solid foundation for future generations," Yanukovych said.
