| Revision as of 20:21, 26 June 2006 editGaius Cornelius (talk | contribs)Administrators164,006 editsm Delete duplicate word using AWB← Previous edit | Revision as of 18:46, 28 July 2006 edit undoRawr777 (talk | contribs)1 editNo edit summaryNext edit → | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| y hello thar demeskus | |||
| The Soviet authorities orchestrated the death and deportation of millions of their own citizens, to eliminate domestic opposition to the ]. It includes the persecution of members of nations incorported into the USSR which since the fall of the USSR live in states independent of the ]. | |||
| While it is indisputable that USSR Government brought death and suffering to millions of its population, the legal use of the term "]" as inappropriate because international law on genocide is based on the ] and the Soviet Union made sure that the drafting of the convention excluded genocides based on ] and ] ideology. Nevertheless the term genocide is used by many respected historians, especially with respect to the ]. This usage is often motivated by the fact that, e.g., ethnicity-targeted ], while arguably lacking genocidal purposes, led to millions of deaths due to inflicted hardships. | |||
| The actual number (if any) of those killed or starved for political, ethnical or other reasons, is technically unknown. The number is widely debated and commonly changed back and forth, often for political reasons. ] suggested the total number of 60 million. | |||
| The deaths of millions of people in ] during the Holodomor ]s of ]—] was caused by intentionally not providing relief and blocking the migration of starving population by the Soviet government. The reported number of victims varies up to 10 million, while 5 million is the lowest commonly accepted number. During ] the Soviet Government, collectively ppunished at least nine of their distinct ethnic- linguistic sub-nations, for perceived collaboration with the enemy, including ], ethnic ], ], ], and ]<ref name="RJR">] ''''</ref>. | |||
| When ]/] and Russian state ]s became publicly accessible to a certain degree after the ], it became possible to derive more accurate estimates. Opened archives made it possible both to debunk the exaggerations and to reveal certain facts for which only ] existed before. | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| *] for other articles on the topic. | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{unreferenced}} | |||
| ==Footnotes== | |||
| <references/> | |||
| ] | |||
Revision as of 18:46, 28 July 2006
y hello thar demeskus