Stalin and the Soviet famine of 1932 – 33 Revisited
@article{Ellman2007StalinAT, title={Stalin and the Soviet famine of 1932 – 33 Revisited}, author={Michael Ellman}, journal={Europe-Asia Studies}, year={2007}, volume={59}, pages={663 - 693} }
Abstract This article contributes to the debate about the role of Stalin in the Soviet famine of 1932 – 33. It provides data on Stalin's statements and actions in 1932 – 33, judicial and extra-judicial repression, and the process by which the 1933 deportation targets were drastically reduced. It is suggested that starvation was a cheap substitute for the cancelled deportations. It is argued that in 1932 – 33 Stalin pursued a multi-pronged policy of state terror against the population of the…
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