" They had no responsibilities, no rights, no freedom. ... The NKVD would simply replace them with others. ... Gosplan laid down production targets for each main industry: electricity, coal, oil, pig-iron and steel, to be reached in 5 years. ... Famine quickly spread over the countryside where around three million people died. ... Most of the 4 million died as a result of Stalin's policy. ...

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