Russian casualties of war
Russian casualties of war lists deaths of Russian armed forces and Russian citizens caused by conflicts in which Russia was involved. The Soviet wars listed below also include deaths of all Soviet armed forces and all Soviet citizens caused by conflicts in which The Soviet Union was involved.
| Conflict | Start | End | Military Dead | Military wounded | Civilian Dead | Total Dead | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polish Soviet War | 1918 | 1919 | 60,000 | Unknown | 60,000 | Rummel p 55[1] | |
| Soviet invasion of Poland | 17 September 1939 | 6 October 1939 | 3,000 | 20,000 | 3,000 | Sanford pp. 20–24 Sanford, George [2] | |
| World War 2 | 1939 | 1945 | 8,668,400 | 14,685,593 | 15,900,000 | 24 568 400 | Krivosheev, G. F[3] |
| 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] | |
| Second Chechen War | 1999 | 2009 | 6,029 | Unknown | 30,000 | 36,029 | "Defense and Security / PressPATROL [7] |
| Russo-Georgian War | 7 August 2008 | 12 August 2008 | 162 | 283 | 65 | 227 | "The Tanks of August" [8] |
| Russo-Ukrainian War | 2014 | Present | Included in wounded | 550,000 | 550,000 | Newsweek August 7th, 2024 https://www.newsweek.com/russian-casualties-war-ukraine-rising-death-toll-1935740. |
References
[edit]- ^ Rudolph J. Rummel (1990). Lethal politics: Soviet genocide and mass murder since 1917. Transaction Publishers. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-56000-887-3. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ (2005). Katyn and the Soviet Massacre Of 1940: Truth, Justice And Memory. London, New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-33873-5.
- ^ Krivosheev, G. F. (1997). Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses in the Twentieth Century. Greenhill Books. ISBN 978-1-85367-280-4.
- ^ Glantz, David M. & House, Jonathan (1995), When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler, Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, ISBN 0-7006-0899-0, p. 300
- ^ "The Soviet War In Afghanistan" The Atlantic 8/2014 https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/08/the-soviet-war-in-afghanistan-1979-1989/100786/
- ^ Casualty Figures Jamestown Foundation Archived August 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140814003203/http://www.cdi.org/russia/245-14.cfm
- ^ "Defense and Security / PressPATROL / Media Monitoring Agency WPS". old.wps.ru.
- ^ Tanks 2010, pp. 130–135. https://web.archive.org/web/20110128165000/http://www.cast.ru/files/The_Tanks_of_August_sm_eng.pdf