Estimates of USSR/Russian Population calamities
¥
WWI & Civil War -2 million
Epidemics 1917-23 - 3 million
Famines, human-induced -5.5 million
Forced collectivization - 10 million
Famines & Purges of the 1930s - 15 million
World War II -
¥Direct losses - 25-30 million
¥Population indirect effects -birth deficits - 15 million
Total population deficits including Òecho effects total ~ 150 million by 1991