Answers to this cannot be stated with certainty or accuracy. Officially, at the end of the war, the Soviets claimed about 20,000,000 dead for the military and civilian. Of this about 8,000,000 were military. Of the remaining 12,000,000, these were deaths from all causes. I have never seen a proper accounting of this as it likely includes all sorts of causes such as starvation and disease. Of course, even a cursory review of Soviet history reveals that they systematically starved millions of their own civilians. Thus I am not convinced that this large number can be attributed to the German invasion directly. Otherwise, the Germans did kill many Russian Jews, probably about 2,000,000. (In this the Germans had plenty of help from Ukrainians and Lithuanians who also hated the Jews). They also fought the para-military partisans with ruthlessness, likely killing many innocent civilians in the process. Due to wartime deprivation, it is likely that many Soviet civilians suffered terribly from lack of food and shelter. The Soviets, on their side of the front, gave rations to civilians that were below starvation level in many cases. These persons, of whom there were millions, either perished or foraged to survive. Perhaps these numbers are included in the 20,000,000. Forward to the year 2000, over fifty years after the wars end. Soviet documents were just being released and they showed that Soviet casualties both military and civilian were much worse than Stalin had reported. It appears that some 25,000,000 Soviet civizens died during the war. Why would Stalin depress the statistic? I suspect that with 20,000,000 he could already claim moral superiority to the western powers that suffered paltry losses in comparison. With this as leverage he could then proceed to rape and loot half of Europe while the west just frowned and did nothing. Had he reported the full 25,000,000 losses, the west might have thought that the Soviets were almost totally bled out by the war and thus much weaker than they appeared in 1945. Perhaps knowing this, the western powers would have stopped the Soviet run carnage in Poland and Germany. Who knows? In any case, the Soviets clearly suffered more than any other nation during the war, including Poland or Germany. German suffering was trebled by their treatment after the war, when about 3,000,000 military and civilians were murdered, the country looted, and millions raped, but these statistics are often overlooked since they occurred mostly after May 1945.
Ron, Canada
25 Million Soviets were killed during World WSW 2, 10.7 Million being Military deaths and 14.3 Million being Civilian Deaths.
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25,000,000
The Soviet Afghan War killed an estimated 1,000,000 civilians.
45,000 Civilians were killed during the Battle of Stalingrad. All of them were Soviet Civilians in Stalingrad. Most people died either from Starvation, Artillery or Ariel attacks or from Dehydration.
50,000 Singaporeans died in WW2. All of them were civilians.
About 1.7 million French died in WWI, including both civilians and soldiers.
Around 7 millions civilians lost their lives in World War 1. Most of these deaths were due to disease and malnutrition.
7812 hampsters died.
The Soviet Afghan War killed an estimated 1,000,000 civilians.
45,000 Civilians were killed during the Battle of Stalingrad. All of them were Soviet Civilians in Stalingrad. Most people died either from Starvation, Artillery or Ariel attacks or from Dehydration.
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50,000 Singaporeans died in WW2. All of them were civilians.
There was a combined 567,600 deaths from military and civilians.
the former Soviet Union lost 939,755 soldiers, and over 8 million civilians died following armed attacks, famine and disease.
5 million soldiers 7 million civilians
About 62 million people, or 2.5% of the worldpopulation
950,248 civilians died from military actions during WW1, while 5,891,000 from things like famine and disease.
About 1.7 million French died in WWI, including both civilians and soldiers.
Over 70 million people died worldwide in World War 2. This figure includes civilians.