Please read the instructions carefully and make sure
that all the requirements are included in the final paper.
Read the two attached texts: Naimark and Kondrasjin
Answer the following
questions:
·
What
examples of politics that caused mass murder are being investigated by Naimark?
·
What
are the similarities and differences Naimark sees between Stalin’s murder and
that of the Nazi regime?
·
What
are his arguments that Stalin’s policies should be considered genocide?
·
Does
Kondrashin Naimark shares the view that the famine in Ukraine should be
considered genocide? Why/why not?
·
What
is the legal definition of genocide and its application in this context?
·
What
does Kondrashin mean when he says that the scientific debate in this and other
cases have been politicized?
·
What do you think about this problem?
Important concepts to keep track of when reading Naimark and
Kondrasjin’s texts:
* The deculacation and effects of the Soviet
collectivization of agriculture.
• Holodomor, famine in Ukraine (1932-33).
• “The Great Terror” during Stalin’s purges of
1937–38.
• The treatment of different nationalities/minorities by
the Soviet Union during the Stalin period.
• The legal definition of genocide.
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