Part one of term paper
In 1932, Soviet leader Josef Stalin unleashed genocide in Ukraine. Stalin determined to force Ukraine’s millions of independent farmers called “Kulaks” into collectivized soviet agriculture, and to crush Ukraine’s growing spirit of nationalism. Ukraine’s nightmare had begun in 1932. Faced by resistance to collectivization, Stalin un ...

Part two of term paper
... OGPU was ordered to begin mass executions. But there were simply not enough Chekists (secret police) to kill so many people. So Stalin decided to replace bullets by a much cheaper medium of death and mass starvation. All seed stocks, grain, silage, and farm animals were taken away from Ukraine’s farms. Ethiopia’s communist dictator, Mengistu Haile Mariam, used the very same method in the 1970’s to force collectivization; the resulting famine caused one million deaths. OGPU agents and re ...