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Why did Joseph Stalin kill millions of innocent people?

Question by Virtuoso: Why did Stalin kill millions of innocent people?
I heard that it was to industrialize and modernize Russia, but how does killing millions of people make the country more modern?
Thanks.

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Answer by Luke
communism requires a lot of military and police presence to stop any rebellious acts, it was more of a dictatorship because if anyone was against the communist regime then they were killed.
also if someone was not physically able to work i think they killed them (i think, not sure though).
so all of the above plus the fact that russia is a big place with a lot of people *equals*(my keyboard doesnt work properly) mass murder.

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  1. Arbie says

    Communism is criminally violent, but Stalin was in a class by himself. Part of it was that he was paranoid about the world around him — he saw enemies under every bed and moved promptly to sterilize the entire room.

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  2. Naz F says

    Most of it was against political opponents…of anyone who disagreed with him. He sought to create a climate of fear, to assert his authority; so killings were sometime down almost randomly (the knock on the door at 2 am, etc.)

    Some of these deaths were due to Stalin's scorched-earth policy, used to fight Hitler's invading armies. In other words, as Hitler's armies marched east, many farms were burnt to the ground by the Russians were burnt down before the Nazis got there…to prevent the Russians from getting food from these farms. (also called 'living off the land.')

    Also, some of these deaths were due to Stalin's anti-Semetism; it included killing of people due to their religion.

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