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The following is a list of Jews born in the territory of the former Russian Empire. It is geographically defined, so it also includes people born after the dissolution of the Russian Empire in 1922 and its successor the Soviet Union in 1991.
The majority of Soviet Jews murdered in the Holocaust were killed in the first nine months of the occupation during the so-called Holocaust by Bullets. Approximately 1.5 million Jews succeeded in fleeing eastwards into Soviet territory; it is thought that 1.152 million Soviet Jews had been murdered by December 1942. [11]
Demographic data for Russian Empire, Soviet Union and Post-Soviet states Jews Year Jewish population (including Mountain Jews) Notes 1914 More than 5,250,000 Russian Empire 1926 [135] 2,672,499 First All-Union Census of the Soviet Union. A result of border change (secession of Poland and union of Bessarabia with Romania), emigration and ...
Although calculation is difficult, Jewish scholars estimate a total of 1.5 million Ukrainian Jews were killed, leaving only 40% of the Jewish population prior to the war. [13] In 1941, when Western Ukraine was taken over by Germany , Jews were put into ghettos and later sent to death camps where they were murdered.
Erlikman's estimates are based on sources published in the Soviet Union and Russia. [96] These numbers only include military deaths, total civilian deaths in Africa could amount up to 750,000. [95] Dying Soldier in a Trench (1915) by Willy Jaeckel Tanzania (1914 part of German East Africa): 20,000 Namibia (1914 known as German South-West Africa ...
Soviet-Japanese War: 7 August 1945 2 September 1945 9,780 19,562 9,780 "When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler" [4] Soviet-Afghan War: 1979 1988 14,500 53,753 562,000 14,500 Casualties of the War in Afghanistan [5] First Chechen War: 1994 1996 14,000 52,000 14,000 Casualty Figures Jamestown Foundation - first Chechen War [6 ...
Hundreds of thousands of Jews were left homeless and tens of thousands became victims of serious illness. [21] Modern estimates of Jewish deaths during the Russian Civil War have been lower, between 1918 and 1921, a total of 1,236 pogroms were committed against Jews in 524 towns in Ukraine. Estimates of the number of Jews who were killed in ...
Pages in category "Russian Jews who died in the Holocaust" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.