Answer to Question #309460 in History for Kelsey Jand

Question

9. About 10-20 million Soviet civilians died during the war, many due to Stalin’s cruelty toward his own people. Cite two examples of his cruelty:

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Context Video Link: http://worldhistoryeducatorsblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/human-cost-of-world-war-ii-great-clip.html

Answer 1

Stalin had nearly a million of his own citizens executed, beginning in the 1930s. Millions more fell victim to forced labour, deportation, famine, massacres, and detention and interrogation by Stalin's henchmen.