5StalinFamineWhy

=**Why?:**=



Why must have this horrific event gone down in history of one of the world's worsts genocides? Joseph Stalin issued his policy of all-out collectivization because he thought it would create a good way to finance industrialization. Stalin's idea of a five year plan to speed up industrialization by this economic collectivization disrupted food production, which resulted in widespread famine. This had a disastrous effect on agricultural productivity, but Stalin was somewhat successful in reaching his grain procurement quotas, that raised 44 percent. Stalin was not near his goals though and simply lied to his own people. The disastrous effect of Stalin's collectivization was caused by there not being enough grain to feed the peasants and lower classes. Under Stalin's Soviet law, no grain from a collective farm could be given to those that live on the farm, until the government's quota was met. This one law would cause the death of millions of Ukrainians. Any man, woman, or children caught stealing grain would be executed or deported.

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