>These are prime examples of harsh large scale practical actions that were reasonably effective in achieving political goals through mass murder among other mea

>These are prime examples of harsh large scale practical actions that were reasonably effective in achieving political goals through mass murder among other means. Yes, but it was effectively half measure anyway - they bought some time at expense of poverty and got nothing in the long run - the union is gone, poverty killed what nationalism was not able to and with fall of the union nationalism came back with 6 more millions of reasons to prove it.