Answer:
Simple response: During Stalin’s dictatorship, the government took more and more control of Soviet life and economy. The collectivization of agriculture resulted in the death of millions of peasants, as a result of famine. The great purge occurred as Stalin tried to eliminate any opposition to his rule. Millions of citizens were arrested. Most had done nothing wrong, yet they were convicted of crimes even executed. Others were sent to prison camps called gulags. Most people lived in terror of the secret police, as described in the reading.
