Hryhorii Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University

This project explores the issue of orphanages (patronaty) during the Holodomor. The project will identify and analyze materials from periodicals of the late 1920s to early 1930s newspapers and magazines related to the system of orphanages in villages and highlight the organizational foundations of the system of collective/state farm orphanages for homeless children. It will also clarify the tasks of brigades made of Komsomol members and members of the “Friends of Children” organization that worked to prevent homeless people from rural areas from departing for the cities; examine the conditions of children in orphanages, including provision of food and the attitude of staff towards children.