Actually there are claims that Soviet system killed 110 million, it's hard to find proper source in English, but here is one of the links - https://cisindus.org/2021/02/22/is-the-west-living-in-denial-a-warning-to-the-west-3/. Now compare this against USSR population and do the math. Solzhenisyn used this number as well, saying about "11…
Actually there are claims that Soviet system killed 110 million, it's hard to find proper source in English, but here is one of the links - https://cisindus.org/2021/02/22/is-the-west-living-in-denial-a-warning-to-the-west-3/. Now compare this against USSR population and do the math. Solzhenisyn used this number as well, saying about "110 mln of our best sons" or something like this. All Russian Empire was around 125 mln according to census of 1897. Even 30 mln looks outlandish in these conditions. Given that a lot of blood was spilled during Civil War and Second World War how is even low estimate even possible?
Another way to verify these numbers are censuses. Soviet population grew rapidly, how do you explain that during genocide? Anyway one believes what one wants to believe. Part of my family is from the Soviet block and even though some have been sceptical of the government and thought negatively about it no one was imprisoned or saw death. Except for one distant member who killed a person during gang initiation. So I call bs on genocide story. It's just a cold war propaganda. It's the same as calling USA a country of systemic racism which it is not. It doesn't prevent tens and tens of millions of people in USA believe it. If you can see through propaganda in one case but not another means you can't really get rid of your biases.
Actually there are claims that Soviet system killed 110 million, it's hard to find proper source in English, but here is one of the links - https://cisindus.org/2021/02/22/is-the-west-living-in-denial-a-warning-to-the-west-3/. Now compare this against USSR population and do the math. Solzhenisyn used this number as well, saying about "110 mln of our best sons" or something like this. All Russian Empire was around 125 mln according to census of 1897. Even 30 mln looks outlandish in these conditions. Given that a lot of blood was spilled during Civil War and Second World War how is even low estimate even possible?
When you are talking 30 million dead being the floor it is very much a genocide no matter which way you look at it. It could be much higher.
Another way to verify these numbers are censuses. Soviet population grew rapidly, how do you explain that during genocide? Anyway one believes what one wants to believe. Part of my family is from the Soviet block and even though some have been sceptical of the government and thought negatively about it no one was imprisoned or saw death. Except for one distant member who killed a person during gang initiation. So I call bs on genocide story. It's just a cold war propaganda. It's the same as calling USA a country of systemic racism which it is not. It doesn't prevent tens and tens of millions of people in USA believe it. If you can see through propaganda in one case but not another means you can't really get rid of your biases.