蘇聯長期以來一直否認發生了饑荒,並且禁止國內討論此事。[25]甚至當時的紐約時報記者沃特·杜蘭蒂和訪問蘇聯的肖伯納也否認烏克蘭出現饑荒[26][27][28]。內務人民委員部以及後來的克格勃控制了大饑荒時期的檔案。受害者的確切人數仍然未知。[29] 歷史學家史提芬·G·惠特克羅夫特(Stephen G. Wheatcroft)指出,這一時期的官方死亡統計數據有不少遺漏。[30]
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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 (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館), 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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