Against Their Will: The History and Geography of Forced Migrations in the USSR - P. M. Poli?an - Google Books

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During his reign over the former Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin oversaw the forced resettlement of six million people -- a maniacal passion that he used for social engineering. The Soviets were not the first to thrust resettlement on its population -- a major…