Learn about the history and geography of the Soviet Union, also known as the USSR, in 20th century Europe. Discover the leaders and politics of...
As is said in the article however the exact numbers may never be known, as in some cases entire communities were destroyed, while the ruling powers had different interests in altering the true numbers of particular victims (e.g. the Soviet Union had an interest to lower the numbers of its ...
After Joseph Stalin took power over the Soviet Union in 1924, he made the choice to turn the USSR's main goal away from promoting global communism, and instead focus on stabilizing socialism in the USSR first. To achieve this, he enacted the Five Year Plans to improve the USSR's economy...