aug 13, 1928 - Collectivization

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Having dealt with the opposition, Stalin was then supreme ruler. Stalin ordered the collectivization of farms. When peasants resisted, he ordered the state to seize their land and possessions. Determined to root out all opposition, Stalin showed no mercy to the rebellious kulaks, and thousands were shot, exiled, or placed in concentration camps and worked to death under atrocious conditions. In 1932–33 the collectivization of farms created a famine in Ukraine that eliminated some 10 million peasants through death by starvation.