what was the impact of stalins reign of terror?
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Stalin's Reign of Terror signifies a dark period in Soviet History. While the numbers detailing just how many people died are often approximate - there is no doubt that hundreds of thousands of people perished as a result (whether direct or indirect) of his policies. Because many of Stalin's victims were killed due to their political leanings, historians have a difficult time classifying this period of history as a series of genocidal events. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's website:
[G]enocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
[G]enocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
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