There's lots of historical information. Some it going back before even elderly living memory. en.wikipedia.org
Plenty here: en.wikipedia.org
and back in "Ukraine" en.wikipedia.org
Something like 2100 local yokel casualties in the wars between the British Empire and a few Maori tribes: en.wikipedia.org
Maoris didn't mess about with any of that habeas corpus common law stuff. Dinner was served!! The losers: en.wikipedia.org "Habeas corpses" = "Dinner is served"
In Ukraine, a few generations of political power ago in Russia and USSR, there was continued power struggle and tribal conflict in the Ottoman Empire in what is now sometimes called Ukraine. Stalin was in charge in USSR and of course the jihadists were not in favour of him but were not doing very well in their jihad since the Europeans including Russia had been ascendant for 100 years.
Yes, there was starvation as part of strategy in such conflicts, as there is still today in parts of Africa. And yes, there are still living people today who suffered from the conflicts in Ukraine and all around the world, such as Japan's conquest of much of Asia. But my uncle whose cousin was killed in a prisoner of war camp in Japan is married to a Japanese lady, we have a "son" from Japan [student exchange]. My father spent 4 years in war with Germany and Italy on the other side of the world. His cousin did the same 100 years ago. And again in 1870!! Though that one was started by France. It's best to call a truce and look forwards. Sure, punish individual who are caught, but Putin wasn't even born when Ukraine famine was happening.
But if you want to re-enact, for real, old time wars, we could celebrate by having World War III to celebrate the beginning of World War I 100 years ago in August. Back then, it was artillery and rifles. We can really cook things up now with umpty thousand megatons of atomic bombs fired through space and from submarines and ships and aircraft. It should make great tv. But it's probably better to have a few referenda and elections in Ukraine and divide it up into pieces small enough that majority agreement can be reached. If parts want to join and are accepted by bigger entities such as EU, Russia or USA, then they could sign up, as Crimea did.
Or we could re-enact the Crimean wars of the mid 19th century.
You can go back in the history of Crimea for thousands of years. As you can do everywhere. What matters is where to from here. Scotland, Quebec and other places are considering their current positions and might opt for devolution. It's understandable that parts of Ukraine might want to do the same. Scotland might or might not join the EU. The EU would definitely accept them as the EU wants to nab opm and Scotland has some. It would also be one in the eye for England, which the Europeans like to disdain. As do certain Americans [who are still rabid about King George or something back in history].
You can find history everywhere. Just as you did regarding Stalin, USSR, Ukraine and famine. Crimea then was of course not part of Ukraine so I guess you are happy that the status quo there has been returned to "normal". China had a similar but enormous famine in the 1960s with collectivisation.
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