Stalin was a brutal and callous dictator; however, he did only what was necessary and nothing more, to achieve all the radical changes that were taking place in the U.S.S.R at the time. All the deaths that Stalin can be held responsible for were necessary. They could have been dealt more peacefully, Stalin, however was brutal and the deaths were a result of his harsh, coarse character.

The resistance of the kulaks determined their fates, not Stalin's iron will. Their persistence and tenacity drove Stalin to take extreme action and exterminate them. The frantic rush towards collectivisation was being held stagnant by the Kulaks, who refused to assimilate with the other peasants. The Kulaks were not only holding the movement up, they were also sabotaging herds and becoming, to a degree, terrorists, terrorising the lower class peasants, sending the movement in a negative direction. In order to achieve his goals for the U.S.S.R, Stalin needed to eliminate this class entirely, which......

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Title: Joseph Stalin
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