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Stalin became the dictator of the USSr through a combination of political maneuvering, admin control, and him eliminating his rivals after the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924. -
The Holodomor was a man-made famine by the Soviet government of Stalin in 1932-1933. It was caused by a combination of forced agricultural collectivization and political decrees aimed at crushing Ukrainian nationalism. -
The Rape of Nanking was a horrific episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by the Imperial Jpaenese Army against the residents of Nanjing, China during the second Sino-Japenese War.