Zs

 

Tomorrow some places in Russia will hold the traditional Victory Day Parade.

Victory Day remembers the Soviet Union’s role in the “Great Patriotic War” (what the Soviets and now the Russians call their part of World War 2.)

The Soviet Union was an Ally of Nazi Germany from September 1939 until June 1941.

Included in the 1939 Friendship Agreement with Nazi Germany was the Soviet Invasion and Occupation of eastern Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Moldova.

Here are the Deaths from the different Soviet Republics during World War 2:

Armenian SSR (Never Occupied by the Nazis): 180,000 Total Deaths or 13% of the 1941 Population (150,000 Soldiers that fought in either the Soviet or Nazi Military or both and 30,000 Civilians.) 

Azerbaijani SSR (Never Occupied by the Nazis): 300,000 Total Deaths or 9% of the 1941 Population (210,000 Soldiers that fought in either the Soviet or Nazi Military or both and 90,000 Civilians.)

Byelorussian SSR (Occupied by the Nazis 1941-1944): 2,290,000 Total Deaths or 25% of the 1941 Population (620,000 Soldiers that fought in either the Soviet or Nazi Military or both and 1,670,000 Civilians including 800,000 Jews in the Holocaust.)

Estonian SSR (Occupied by the Nazis 1941-1944): 80,000 Total Deaths or 7% of the 1941 Population (30,000 Soldiers that fought in either the Soviet or Nazi Military or both and 50,000 Civilians including 2,000 Jews in the Holocaust.)

Georgian SSR (Never Occupied by the Nazis): 300,000 Total Deaths or 8% of the 1941 Population (190,000 Soldiers that fought in either the Soviet or Nazi Military or both and 110,000 Civilians.)

Kazah SSR (Never Occupied by the Nazis): 660,000 Total Deaths or 10% of the 1941 Population (310,000 Soldiers that fought in either the Soviet or Nazi Military or both and 350,000 Civilians.)

Kirghiz SSR (Never Occupied by the Nazis): 120,000 Total Deaths or 7% of the 1941 Population (70,000 Soldiers that fought in either the Soviet or Nazi Military or both and 50,000 Civilians.)

Latvian SSR (Occupied by the Nazis 1941-1944): 260,000 Total Deaths or 13% of the 1941 Population (30,000 Soldiers that fought in either the Soviet or Nazi Military or both and 230,000 Civilians including 70,000 Jews in the Holocaust.)

Lithuanian SSR (Occupied by the Nazis 1941-1944): 375,000 Total Deaths or 12% of the 1941 Population (25,000 Soldiers that fought in either the Soviet or Nazi Military or both and 350,000 Civilians including 195,000 Jews in the Holocaust.)

Moldavian SSR (Occupied by the Nazis 1941-1945): 170,000 Total Deaths or 6% of the 1941 Population (50,000 Soldiers that fought in either the Soviet or Nazi Military or both and 120,000 Civilians including 103,000 Jews in the Holocaust.)

Russian SFSR (Partly Occupied by the Nazis from 1941-1944): 13,950,000 Total Deaths or 12% of the 1941 Population (6.750,000 Soldiers that fought in either the Soviet or Nazi Military or both and 7,200,000 Civilians including 119,000 Jews in the Holocaust.)

Tajik SSR (Never Occupied by the Nazis): 120,000 Total Deaths or 7% of the 1941 Population (50,000 Soldiers that fought in either the Soviet or Nazi Military or both and 70,000 Civilians.)

Turkmen SSR (Never Occupied by the Nazis): 100,000 Total Deaths or 7% of the 1941 Population (70,000 Soldiers that fought in either the Soviet or Nazi Military or both and 30,000 Civilians.)

Uzbek SSR (Never Occupied by the Nazis): 550,000 Total Deaths or 8% of the 1941 Population (330,000 Soldiers that fought in either the Soviet or Nazi Military or both and 220,000 Civilians.)

Ukrainian SSR (Occupied by the Nazis 1941-1944): 6,850,000 Total Deaths or 16% of the 1941 Population (1,650,000 Soldiers that fought in either the Soviet or Nazi Military or both and 5,200,000 Civilians including 1,600,000 Jews in the Holocaust.)

The Total Number of Soviet Deaths in World War 2 is: 26,600,000 or 16% of the 1941 Population (10,700,000 Soldiers that fought in either the Soviet or Nazi Military or both and 15,900,000 Civilians including 2,089,000 Jews in the Holocaust.)

Note 1: Many Soviet Soldiers fought in the Soviet Military first from 1939-1941 then changed to fighting in the Nazi Military against the Soviet Union from 1942-1945.

Examples of Battalions made up of Soviet Citizens and Soldiers that fought with the Nazis against the Soviets: Беларуская цэнтральная рада,  (Belarussia), Беларуская дапаможная паліцыя (Belarussia), Omakaitse (Estonia), Arajs Kommandos (Latvia), Lietuvių aktyvistų frontas (Lithuania), Русская освободительная армия (Russia), Хиви (Russia), Русская национальная народная армия (Russia), Русский охранный корпус (Russia), 1ая Русская национальная армия (Russia), Українське Визвольне Військо (Ukraine), Українська допоміжна поліція (Ukraine), 14-та гренадерська дивізія СС (Ukraine), Ost-Bataillone (made up of all Soviet Nationalities), 15-й казачий кавалерийский корпус СС (Cossacks), 162-я (тюркская) пехотная дивизия (made up of Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Kazah, Kirghiz, Tajik, Turkmen and Uzbek Nationalities), Հայկական (Armenia), Azərbaycan legion (Armenia), ქართული ლეგიონი, (Georgia), Идел-Урал Легионы (Tartar) and Bergkaukasien Legion (Abkhazians, Balkars, Chechens, Ingushes, Ossetians. Etc.)

Note 2: Even when the Soviet Republic wasn’t occupied by the Nazis there are Civilian Deaths because the Person killed lived in another Soviet Republic that was occupied by the Nazis and had their Nationality included in their Soviet Internal Passport.

Note 3: The Number of Soviet Soldiers murdered by other Soviet Soldiers or Soviet Political Commissars is not known. Stalin’s Order No. 227 (Russian: Приказ № 227) of 1942 allowed Soviet Soldiers and Soviet Political Commissars to shot and kill any Soviet Soldier that either Retreated from the Nazis or surrendered to the Nazis.

From 1939-1941 the Soviet Union was an Ally of Nazi (known as Fascist in the USSR and Russia) Germany.

From 1941-1945 the Soviet Union fought against Nazi (known as Fascist in the USSR and Russia) Germany.

Since 2014 Fascist Russia has been fighting in Ukraine.

Moscow will still hold their Parade, but it won’t have any Weapons or Pomp and Pageantry due to Russia’s War in Ukraine.

Also, 21 Regions across Russia (including Moscow and St. Petersburg)and Millions upon Millions of the People living there won’t have Internet tomorrow.

26,000 Russian Soldiers are dying or being wounded in Ukraine every single day.

That is a total of 1.2 Million Dead or Wounded Russian Soldiers.