8. list the atrocities or cruelties stalin did to the people of russia:

There is a long list of such brutal Stalinist abuses:

-  Arbitrary arrest for being suspected of anti-Soviet activities and imprisonment without legal guarantees and respect for detainees´ rights;

- torture as a regular method of interrogation;

- creation of forced labors camps called "gulags" for political prisoners or disgraced party members where they lived under appalling conditions;

- unexpected massive purges in the Communist Party and the army;

- the forced collectivization of land in the USSR; millions died or were jailed for opposing it;

- deportation or dislocation of entire peoples from their original lands.

Explanation:

for hobos it was a very hard time most hid on the sides of the railroad tracks causing people to get bulls and get them off sometimes causing in fatal death they couldnt get people to give them money because the   people were also in need of money