Does initiating the conflict warrant being blamed for the gulf war? Were there other factors that would have lead up tithe conflict?

The Great Depression caused Japan to lose trade partners since its main exports were consumer goods which were not in demand. Japan needed somebody to trade with and used Manchuria to do this.

But my policies also did have many benefits that helped Russia become a better nation, it would have taken a longer time to acheove its economic status

Althought the economic policies did result in many deaths the success was very benefitial to the future generations. Russia would have taken a much longer time to get to its currnet state without stalin

Through the economic policies, Russia was pulled out of poverty. Collectivisation had proved to be success, it had fulfilled its task of providing food for the people after the first great famine which was also the last.