In the 1930s, a combination of bad weather and Soviet policy led to a devastating famine in Ukraine.
Alan Johnston brings together accounts from a survivor and a journalist who visited Ukraine at the time.
This programme was first broadcast last year.
Published on Friday, 29th April 2011.
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