A rendering of the proposed design for the memorial.

The ongoing controversy over the Eisenhower Memorial has sucked up just about all the media attention when it comes to the constructions of new monuments and memorials in D.C. But this week the National Capital Planning Commission is set to give final approval to a lesser-known memorial to an event that happened a long time a go in a land far, far away.

The idea of the Memorial to Victims of Ukrainian Manmade Famine of 1932-1933 has been floating around since 2005, but tomorrow the NCPC will finally vote to move the project forward. Created at the behest of the Ukrainian government, the memorial—which is set to be located on a triangular-shaped plot of land at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, North Capitol Street and F Street—will pay tribute to the millions of Ukrainians that perished after a manmade famine ordered by Joseph Stalin. Thirteen countries recognize the famine—known as “Holodomor”—as an act of genocide; memorials exist in New York and Canada.

The memorial will include a six-foot-tall and 34-foot-long bronze sculptural wall featuring a bas relief of wheat that protrudes on the left side but slowly recedes as the wall moves rightward. It will also include a 1,155 square foot plaza, a bench and over 1,000 square feet worth of planted areas.

The new memorial will be only blocks away from another lesser-known memorial paying tribute to those who died at the hands of communist regimes—the Victims of Communism Memorial, which was ordered built by Congress in 1993 and dedicated in 2007, is located at Massachusetts Avenue and New Jersey Avenue.

As tragic as the incidents were that inspired these memorials, they aren’t free from politics. Every year some member of Congress tries to introduce a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide of 1915, but the Turkish government regularly protests and threatens to cut off relations. (A private museum proposed in 2000 has yet to be finalized.) If the Armenians can’t even get a ceremonial resolution out of Congress, they likely won’t be getting a memorial on federal land.