苏联长期以来一直否认发生了饥荒,並且禁止國內讨论此事。[25]甚至當時的紐約時報記者沃特·杜兰蒂和访问蘇聯的肖伯納也否認烏克蘭出現饑荒[26][27][28]。内务人民委员部以及后来的克格勃控制了大饥荒时期的档案。受害者的确切人数仍然未知。[29] 历史学家斯蒂芬·G·惠特克罗夫特(Stephen G. Wheatcroft)指出,这一时期的官方死亡统计数据有不少遺漏。[30]
Nicolas Werth, "La grande famine ukrainienne de 1932–1933" in Nicolas Werth, La terreur et le désarroi: Staline et son système, Paris, 2007, p. 132. ISBN 978-2-262-02462-8
Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin, p.53 (he states that this figure "must be substantially low, since many deaths were not recorded.")
Anatoliy Vlasyuk, Nationalism and Holodomor, p.53 (he states that this the absolute minimum killed, by looking at the population loss would be around 4.5 million, with 7.5 million being more likely, and 10 million also being possible.")
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Peter Finn, Aftermath of a Soviet Famine (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), The Washington Post, 27 April 2008, "There are no exact figures on how many died. Modern historians place the number between 2.5 million and 3.5 million. Yushchenko and others have said at least 10 million were killed."
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