Representation of the tragedy of the Golodomor of 1932–1933 in music and fine arts

The purpose of this article is to analyze the conceptual compositions of music and fine art, created during the genocide of the Ukrainian people as well as in the following years, which reflect the tragedy of the Holodomor of 1932-1933. Methodology. The authors used an interdisciplinary methodology, which made it possible to analyze the source material comprehensively, taking into account both the historical, cultural and art history context. During the preparation and writing of the article, methods of theoretical analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, logical and systemic-structural methods, comparative-historical, historical-genetic and chronological methods of research, as well as methods of systematization and scientific generalization were also used, which allowed maximum detail to reveal the chosen problem of the research, to solve all the set research tasks. The scientific novelty of the obtained results. Thanks to the results of this research, it is possible to determine the traces the Holodomor of 1932–1933 left in art, how the witnesses of the tragedy depicted it in various genres, and how it is depicted at the modern stage.Research results. Having analyzed the representation of the topic of the Holodomor of 1932–1933 in musical and visual arts, it can be argued that the disclosure of the topic of the Holodomor of 1932–1933 via artistic means has its result. Thanks to musical and artistic works, and to their authors, artists, we can immerse ourselves in those terrible events, and learn the scale and essence of the Ukrainian genocide. They give us a vision of the Holodomor of 1932–1933 through the eyes of dying people. The problem of the Holodomor of 1932–1933 in art offers an artistic vision of the events. It tells about the fact that the people who experienced the famine themselves did not lose heart, but despite everything tried to oppose the then government, composing poems, and inventing various songs that contained sarcasm. We see that over time, people did not stay away from this topic, they research it and try to preserve the memory of the Holodomor of 1932–1933 in modern society, relaying it in various ways, which are designed to convey the truth about the genocide to all generations of the world.