Edited sentence: , ethnicity-targeted population transfer in the Soviet Union, while arguably lacking genocidal purposes, led to millions of deaths due to inflicted hardships.Nevertheless the term genocide is used by many respected historians, especially with respect to the Holodomor.This usage is often motivated by the fact that, e.While it is indisputable that USSR Government brought death and suffering to millions of its population, the legal use of the term "genocide" is inappropriate because international law on genocide is based on the CPPCG and the Soviet Union made sure that the drafting of the convention excluded genocides based on social class and class struggle ideology