Actually, massive amounts of grain were produced in the Ukraine back then. It’s just that all of it was removed and sent elsewhere with nothing given in return to the farmers and locals.
Yes, the Bolsheviks blamed the kulaks, but most of them died of starvation anyway. Placing blame on the kulaks was indirectly blaming the former system (Czarist) that the kulaks wished had persisted.
My grandparents were kulaks who fled Ukraine back in 1920 and legally immigrated to the U.S. in 1922. Had they stayed, they would have died in the forced collectivization/ starvation of the 30’s.
Wow - I had no idea - good for you and good for your grandparents. Now I feel dumb for trying to tell you about what you and your family have actually lived.
Most people (not here) have no idea of how absolutely evil these seemingly idealistic policies actually are. If they would learn their history they would know, but the education and the media have seen to it that *that* won’t happen.