Asharshylyk

English

Etymology

Kazakh ашаршылық (aşarşylyq, “famine, hunger”)

Proper noun

Asharshylyk

  1. A widespread famine that afflicted Kazakhstan from 1930-1933.

Coordinate terms
  • Holodomor, another famine that affected Ukraine during Soviet times
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