St. George’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Prince George at 2414 Vanier Dr. will host a gathering on Friday, Nov. 25, at 4 p.m. to pay tribute to Holodomor victims.
November 11th was a day to honour the memories of our military men and women involved in Canada’s war efforts and pay tribute to their ongoing commitment to peacekeeping missions, humanitarian deployments and disaster relief.
Holodomor, which means "murder by starvation" is recognized in the Ukraine as a genocide. At least 3.9 million Ukrainians starved to death and some resorted to cannibalism to survive. The fallout of quotas not meeting targets affected other parts of the Soviet Union and the actual number of deaths attributed to the famine was between five and seven million.
Pluzhnikov’s hometown Kharkiv has been one of the hardest hit cities this year in the Ukraine war. By mid-October, close to 3,000 buildings had been damaged by shelling, including a sports facility next to a Holodomor Memorial statue the now 27-year-old Pluzhnikov first saw as a young boy. The Holodomor holiday was first established in 1998. Ukrainians also celebrate May 9 as Second World War victory day in eastern Europe and their independence day holiday falls on Aug. 24. Pluzhnikov says he’s become more familiar with the significance of Remembrance Day since he came to Canada.
Family members in Ukraine still dealing with consequences of war Pluzhnikov, 27, set the UNBC Timberwolves’ record for career assists in a brilliant five-year basketball career from 2016-22 and used his marketing degree to get a job at RBC in Prince George as a banking advisor. His Run For Ukraine in March raised more than $76,000 for the Canadian Red Cross war relief effort to provide humanitarian aid in Ukraine.
“Looking back at our history, every conflict or war, it’s either ended in a stalemate or a small victory for the Soviet Union or Russia. We fought for our own borders and finally got our own borders and politically we did everything that needed to be done without causing a war, and a lot of countries followed our lead and left the Soviet Union.
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