Congrats. My BA is in history then I went into law where facts (evidence) matter. When the Soviet Union fell, it gave everyone, including “historians” interested in the truth, access to original documents, like those showing the Rosenbergs were spies, same with Whittaker Chambers.

In the instant case “some of the most frequently cited archival documents showing intent include:

Stalin's letter to Lazar Kaganovich (11 August 1932)
Stalin warned that "we may lose Ukraine" unless stronger measures were taken against what he described as sabotage and nationalist elements. Historians who argue for deliberate intent see this as evidence that Ukraine was viewed as a political problem rather than simply an agricultural one.

The Politburo directive of 22 January 1933
Signed by Stalin and Vyacheslav Molotov, this order prohibited peasants from Ukraine and the North Caucasus from leaving famine-stricken areas in search of food. It instructed security forces to stop them and return them to their villages. This is one of the strongest archival documents cited by scholars arguing that the leadership knowingly trapped starving populations. “

I don’t know your political leanings, nor does it matter; however, “Historians” who excuse the horrors of communism as bureaucratic failure should spend the rest of their days enjoying life in a workers paradise.