 During the period known today as the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33, between 6-7 million Ukrainians were starved to death.Many strikes against this policy shook Ruzhyn.A top-secret report by the NKVD (precursor to the KGB) entitled "Counter-Revolutionary Activities in Ruzhyn District" reported that 70% of Ruzhyn and Balamutivka's 543 farmers had been grouped into a kolkhoz (a collective) and that there was a marked increase of "banditism", as people stole & scrounged for anything to eat.