Talk:Dekulakization

The number of people who died in the famine is a point of contest. The number is enormous, but not necessarily 14m. The article could do a better job of reflecting the ongoing debate over this period in Soviet history as well as the lack of solid information about it.

The use of the word 'crony' at the end of the second paragraph is unnecessarily emotive; a word such as 'administrator' or 'bureaucrat' would be more conducive to a balanced discussion of a difficult topic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.167.174.196 (talk) 14:30, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Black Book

The "Black Book of Communism" should not be used as a source, as it has, on multiple occasions, proven to be a piece of historical fiction. It was so bad that a retraction was printed.

The actual statistics of people executed by the Soviet Union is even said to be as low as 800,000. Further research is required for a definite statistic on the repression under Stalin.