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In 1993, the Russian Ministry of Defense report authored by a group headed by General G. F. Krivosheev detailed military casualties. [29] Their sources were Soviet reports from the field and other archive documents that were secret during the Soviet era, including a secret Soviet General Staff report from 1966 to 1968.
Total war-loss figures include territories annexed by the Soviet Union in 1939–1945. [citation needed] Although the population growth-rate decreased over time, it remained positive throughout the history of the Soviet Union in all republics, and the population grew each year by more than 2 million except during periods of wartime, and famine.
Information poster for the 1937 census. The 1937 Soviet census held on January 6, 1937, was the most controversial of the censuses taken within the Soviet Union.The census showed lower population figures than anticipated [citation needed], although it still showed a population growth from the last census in 1926, from 147 million to 162 million people in 1937.
According to the official results, the total population of the USSR was found to be at 170,467,186. Compared with 1926 figures, the urban population more than doubled, from 26.3 million to 55.9 million, while the literacy rate rose from 51.1% to 81.2% in the same time frame. [ 8 ]
The entry of the Soviet Union in the war against Japan along with the atomic bombings by the United States led to Japan's surrender, marking the end of World War II. The Soviet Union suffered the greatest number of casualties in the war, losing more than 20 million citizens, about a third of all World War II casualties.
The following is a summary of censuses carried out in the Soviet Union: Year Territory (km 2) Total population Rank Density per km 2 Change Urban population Share Males
A few years before the Holocaust, the Jewish population of the Soviet Union (excluding Western Ukraine and the Baltic states that were not part of the Soviet Union then) stood at over 5 million, most of whom were Ashkenazic as opposed to Sephardic, with some Karaite minorities. It is estimated that more than half died directly as a result of ...
Regardless of ethnicity or emigration, the list includes famous natives of Russia and its predecessor states, as well as people who were born elsewhere but spent most of their active life in Russia. For more information, see the articles Russian citizens ( Russian : россияне , romanized : rossiyane ), Russians ( Russian : русские ...