Despite the fact that some would state that the starvation was forced in the first place, I gotta disagree.

If there is actually anyway he did solve the problem it was by his shipping away the people to gulags and camps or sending them into the army until their was only enough people to fit the small bit of food their was.

Stalin never really solved much... He industrialized quickly but at what cost of human life? He signed a non-aggression pact with the Germans and even when it was apparent they would attack he ignored the threats, he purged the army causing low ranking officers to fill the positions despite their inexperience and thusly led to massive loss during the Winter War and the Second World War.

I'm a communist for crying out loud and even I see that Joseph Stalin is no man to respect, in any field rather it be industry, agricultry or services...