What group of people did Stalin target?

1 Answer
Apr 9, 2018

Critical thinkers, jews, writers and intellectuals were especially vulnerable

Explanation:

Joseph Stalin, the leader of Russia in WW2, enforced communism onto the citizens all across the country. He targeted many to be executed, exiled or sent to the gulag (a soviet labour camp). In the communist society, there were three classes: the aristocracy, the bourgeoisie, and the proletariat (the aristocracy being the highest and the proletariat being the lowest class). Stalin targeted people of the higher classes especially as they were a potential threat to his power. Therefore, people who had prestigious jobs such as university lecturers, teachers, lawyers, doctors, military officers and academics were notably targeted by Stalin.