The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politburo_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union" id="mwsQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union">Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union</a> orders the confiscation of lands belonging to the Kulaks in a campaign of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekulakization" id="mwsg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dekulakization">Dekulakization</a>, resulting in the executions and forced deportations of millions.<sup about="#mwt85" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-15"}}' id="cite_ref-15" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_30#cite_note-15" id="mwsw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 15;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwtA">[15]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-15">Stalin: A Biography by Robert Service, page 267</span>