In this passage from Miron Dolot's memoir, he provides an eyewitness account of growing up in Ukraine under Stalin's Soviet policy. Dolot explains that the Communist Party of the Soviet Union accused Ukraine of sabotaging grain quotas and sent a cruel Russian chauvinist named Pavel Postyshev as its viceroy to Ukraine. Postyshev implemented a new Soviet Russian policy that aimed to destroy everything Ukrainian. Dolot refers to the campaign against the Ukrainian national movement, which resulted in the annihilation of Ukrainian institutions and government. He also mentions arrests in his village as a result of this policy. The grain collection campaign was changed into a Seed Collection Campaign, and Dolot recounts Postyshev instructing Party organizations to collect seed using the same methods used for collecting grain. The authorities were not concerned about the starving farmers but rather about the lack of seed for spring sowing. Dolot highlights that it was difficult to comprehend how the Communist authorities could demand grain ruthlessly at a time when people were dying of starvation. rephrase like a 9th grader in 75th oengthe wording
In this section of Miron Dolot's memoir, he talks about Ukraine during Stalin's rule and how the Communist Party accused Ukraine of not meeting grain quotas. They sent a man named Pavel Postyshev to be in charge, and he was really mean and didn't like Ukrainians. Postyshev made a plan to destroy everything Ukrainian, like their government and institutions. Dolot even talks about people in his village getting arrested because of this. Instead of just collecting grain, they started collecting seeds too, because they were worried about not having enough for planting in the spring. It was really confusing how the Communist authorities could be so heartless and demand food while people were starving.
