Well, I don't think killing off the Ukrainians was a measure to literally provide living space for the Russians in the sense of "Hey I just got more space for you people, be happy your Russian, Byelorussian, etc"
I think it was, as you say more of a political goal and another simple goal. Less mouths to feed means more leftovers and less strain on the economic system.
Also, as far as I can tell Stalin never really advocated his Georgian stock. Indeed he even abandoned his Paternal name of Dugashvili (sp) in favour of his revolutionary noms de guerre.
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