Stalin’s Regime
ND – MPE (without WWII): 11
Matthew White cites expert estimates on the number of people killed by Stalin’s communist regime which range from 15 to 40 million. But there seems to be little evidence for the highest numbers. White thinks that 20 million is the most plausible estimate.
The Wikipedia-article “Excess mortality in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin” explains that the opening of Soviet Archives allowed in-depth scientific estimates of higher quality. All of these latest estimates tend to be much lower than 20 million. They range from 9 to 13 million. But some historians hold on to high numbers, which are based on rough calculations of population loss.
These numbers include the World War II period. We have already counted them in the WWII-numbers. So we need to subtract them from the totals. White included 4 million victims of the Stalinist regime during WWII. This leaves us with plausible estimates which range from 5 to 17 million victims of Stalin’s regime before and after WWII. The most plausible estimate is 11 million.
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