It was immense. Soviet Union a bit more than 23 million casualties or 13.77% of the population. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties
Stalin's purges both before and after the WWII, would add another 500-600,000 bringing the total to slightly less than 24 million.
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World War I
World War 1 left Russia's economy in complete devastation. By the end of the war Russia had 8,000,000,000 rubles of debt.
World War II was an event, not a time era.
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World War I
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was terrible towards Russia. Much of it was repealed by Versailles.
Russia joined world war 1 in 1914
Russia entered World War 1 through an alliance with Austria. World War 1 caused much distress with Russia's people. Many weapons came to the hands of peasants. World War 1 was a main contribution to starting the Russian Revolution. The alliance was not with Austria. Russia fought Austria. The alliance was with France against Germany.
World War 1 left Russia's economy in complete devastation. By the end of the war Russia had 8,000,000,000 rubles of debt.
World War II was an event, not a time era.
Vladimir Lenin took Russia out of World War 1.
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