The Holodomor Memorial to Victims of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932–1933 was opened in

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, United States, on November 7, 2015.

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approved creation of the Holodomor Memorial in 2006. The memorial was built by the

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and the

Ukrainian government The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ( uk, Кабінет Міністрів України, translit=Kabinet Ministriv Ukrainy; shortened to CabMin), commonly referred to as the Government of Ukraine ( uk, Уряд України, ''Uriad Ukrai ...

to honor the victims of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932–33 and to educate the American public. The memorial, designed by Larysa Kurylas, is one of three monuments in Washington, D.C., designed or co-designed by women—the others being the

Vietnam Veterans Memorial The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War. The site is dominated by two black granite walls engraved with the names of those s ...

and the

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. The memorial is located near the

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building at the intersection of

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, and F Street N.W. It is diagonal to the Smithsonian's

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, about one block from

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References

Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C. Holodomor 2015 sculptures 2015 establishments in Washington, D.C. {{WashingtonDC-stub