5StalinFamineWorldReaction

=//**World Reaction**// = In the Spring of 1933, people of Ukrainian descent from America, Canada, and Europe were sending food to their relatives in Ukraine. Now a days 26 countries recognize the famine as a genocide. Indian leader Jawaharlal Nehru drew inspiration from the Soviet Union. Stalin did not want the world to know what he was doing. When the borders received the food from the Ukrainian's relatives they quickly disposed of them. His reports say that the famine was caused by "difficulties on the grain-requisition front." Stalin had a set plan to cover up the famine. While the cover up he was able to execute the plan exactly as planned. The Soviet Union if asked about the famine would completely deny its existence. Peasants would begin to hide grain and kill their livestock so they could have the food to themselves. The peasants then had no incentives to work. After Stalin had found that, he sent 25,000 party members and war veterans to seize the grain and animals. Stalin seized all grain and livestock from from the people that lived in the rural areas. The areas agriculture did not recover to 1920's status until the late 50's.

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