... Ukraine did not agree with the 'collectivisation', openly disagreed with Stalin's plan and therefore the regime. This led to Stalin manufacturing a famine, which killed 6-7million people and broke the Ukraine resistance! Evidence: Stalin increased the grain quota that the peasants had to give the state massively, led to famine!) * Moreover, FYPs (Five Year Plans) were based on the same methods. They were implemented in a brutal fashion- led to the deaths of millions of labourers. * Stalin wanted to cleanse himself of critics and potential rivals. Evidence: there were factions that opposed his rule. Stalin believed these differing viewpoints represented an unacceptable threat. Anyone not unquestioningly loyal to him had to be "weeded out". He wanted to rebuild the Comm. Party in the image of the 'Great Leader'. Evidence: between 1936 and 1938, 850,000 members, 36% of the total membership were purged from the Party! * Stalin wanted TOTAL CONTROL ...

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