Question

8. List the atrocities or cruelties Stalin did to the people of Russia:

Answer 1

Answer:

There is a long list of such brutal Stalinist abuses:

-  Arbitrary arrest for being suspected of anti-Soviet activities and imprisonment without legal guarantees and respect for detainees´ rights;

- torture as a regular method of interrogation;

- creation of forced labors camps called "gulags" for political prisoners or disgraced party members where they lived under appalling conditions;

- unexpected massive purges in the Communist Party and the army;

- the forced collectivization of land in the USSR; millions died or were jailed for opposing it;

- deportation or dislocation of entire peoples from their original lands.

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