Stalin and the Soviet famine of 1932 – 33 Revisited

M. Ellman

DOI:10.1080/09668130701291899

Corpus ID: 53655536

Stalin and the Soviet famine of 1932 – 33 Revisited

@article{Ellman2007StalinAT,
  title={Stalin and the Soviet famine of 1932 – 33 Revisited},
  author={M. Ellman},
  journal={Europe-Asia Studies},
  year={2007},
  volume={59},
  pages={663 - 693}
}

M. Ellman

Published 2007

Sociology, Political Science

Europe-Asia Studies

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… CONTINUE READING

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