The book presents the modern views of Russian and Ukrainian historians on the tragedy of 1932-1933. in the USSR. Its authors are leading and novice researchers from Russia, Ukraine and Canada. In historiographic reviews, the main publications on the problem under consideration, published in Russia and Ukraine in recent decades, are analyzed. The researchers focus on such key aspects of the problem as the causes, regional and national characteristics, scale, demographic consequences of the famine of 1932-1933. in Russia and Ukraine. The book is designed for a wide range of readers interested in the Soviet history of Russia and Ukraine.