By the end of year 1933, three million children, along with 25% of the population of Ukraine, became deceased (The History Place Staff). Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Stalin mistakenly thought that the people of the Soviet Union wanted to start a revolution against him. Stalin took offence to this and deprived food from his own people. Stalin was a very feared man. If he felt like his people wanted to rebel against him, he sent them to labor camps. Throughout Stalin’s Forced Famine, Ukrainians were targeted due to Stalin’s anger of his people seeking independence from his rule; thus, this event resulted in the deaths of 7,000,000 Ukrainians.
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Joseph Stalin was a powerful, ruthless man that would do anything to get his way. Before this genocide started, Joseph Stalin took office as the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republicans. He then wanted to take complete control on farms to raise the economy. According to historyplace.com, “To crush the people's free spirit, he began to employ the same methods he had successfully used within the Soviet Union. Thus, beginning in 1929, over 5,000 Ukrainian scholars, scientists, cultural and religious leaders were arrested after being falsely accused of plotting an armed revolt. Those arrested were either shot without a trial or deported to prison camps in remote areas of Russia,” (The History Place Staff). In other words, Stalin wrongly accused innocent people of planning a rebellion against his leadership. If Stalin caught these accused people, they were murdered or sent to prison camps without a trial. In the beginning of the genocide, Stalin executed 5,000 people for the inaccurate reasons. Stalin wanted complete control of the farming system to help his economic develop. The hard working farmers declined to follow Stalin’s orders and unfortunately, they were shot or thrown out of the country. For instance, “His development plan was centered on government control of the economy and included the forced collectivization of Soviet agriculture, in which the government took
To start off, the person responsible of the deaths of …show more content…
Joseph Stalin was a powerful, ruthless man that would do anything to get his way. Before this genocide started, Joseph Stalin took office as the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republicans. He then wanted to take complete control on farms to raise the economy. According to historyplace.com, “To crush the people's free spirit, he began to employ the same methods he had successfully used within the Soviet Union. Thus, beginning in 1929, over 5,000 Ukrainian scholars, scientists, cultural and religious leaders were arrested after being falsely accused of plotting an armed revolt. Those arrested were either shot without a trial or deported to prison camps in remote areas of Russia,” (The History Place Staff). In other words, Stalin wrongly accused innocent people of planning a rebellion against his leadership. If Stalin caught these accused people, they were murdered or sent to prison camps without a trial. In the beginning of the genocide, Stalin executed 5,000 people for the inaccurate reasons. Stalin wanted complete control of the farming system to help his economic develop. The hard working farmers declined to follow Stalin’s orders and unfortunately, they were shot or thrown out of the country. For instance, “His development plan was centered on government control of the economy and included the forced collectivization of Soviet agriculture, in which the government took