[Doctor Stochastic]

Note that Stalin (and Lenin before him) could have used either Witte's or Stolypin's reforms. Either would have produced enough food to avoid the starvation of Kulaks. See Crankshaw's "Shadow of the Winter Palace" for some history.

[betty boop]

Note that Stalin (and Lenin before him) could have used either Witte's or Stolypin's reforms. Either would have produced enough food to avoid the starvation of Kulaks.

But the point is Stalin wanted to starve the Kulaks.