Sentence examples for brutal collectivization from inspiring English sources
In 1928, a Soviet critic chastised Babel for his low production, his "silence," but, travelling in 1929-30, "in search of new material," he witnessed the brutal collectivization and famine in the Ukraine; there was so little he dared say.
He recalled how his own grandfather was stripped of his farm in Voronezh during Stalin's brutal collectivization campaigns in the 1930's, and he warned that the consequences of Mr. Putin's legislation would be no different.
Evaluated by Stalin's own brutal standard, collectivization was a success.
The Demoralized Village Mired in Backwardness Rural Russia, meanwhile, never recovered from the brutal devastation of collectivization.
Connect to Today: The brutal police state and forcible collectivization of agriculture under Vladimir Lenin (and even more so under Josef Stalin) led to the internal exile, execution and starvation of millions of people.
"They were probably the only original documentation we have about the horrors of collectivization," Ms. Grimsted said, referring to the brutal agricultural policy of Joseph Stalin, which cost millions of lives.
See also collectivization.
Like collectivization, the Terror proceeded in stages.
Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine.
Further land was expropriated and collectivization launched.
