Joseph Stalin was another individual in Russia who was able to create significant changes for the empire. Stalin wished to collectivize Russia (to place of the land in the hands of the state) created many disastrous results. Oppositions of Stalin's movement were killed. For example, the Kulaks, wealthy landowners in Russia were liquidated as a class. His emphasis on consumer goods placed Russians into a lower standard of living. It had been gathered by historians that the amount of people killed by Stalin's collectivization of Russia is at an estimated 10 million people.
Stalin's westernization of Russia however was extremely successful. Stalin's five year plans created a greater amount of production for Russia and increased the nation's wealth. However, the results of this westernization was one in which the people of Russia suffered under Stalin's oppressive rule.
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