Question

According to this author, what were two explanations for the elimination of between 4.5 and 7 million Ukrainians between 1931 and 1933? Pick 2 answers.



Select 2 correct answer(s)
Question 6 options:

a)

Stalin's men confiscated grain and shot Ukrainian peasants which caused a famine.

b)

Stalin wanted to collectivize farms which caused the decline in crops (the government would own the farms, not the people).

c)

Stalin's men poisoned the well water in the Ukraine and most families died or emigrated to Latvia.

d)

Stalin's men executed many farmers in Siberia, and this affected trade with the Ukraine.

Answer 1

a) Stalin's men confiscated grain and shot Ukrainian peasants which caused a famine.

b) Stalin wanted to collectivize farms which caused the decline in crops (the government would own the farms, not the people).