This used to be believed by academic historians, until the opening of the Soviet Archives in 1992, and now the consensus is that it wasn't, it was just really b

This used to be believed by academic historians, until the opening of the Soviet Archives in 1992, and now the consensus is that it wasn't, it was just really bad data. The link you're citing had multiple authors resign due to academic dishonesty and is funded by the US government, therefore making it state propaganda.