Regarding Rosefielde he never wrote that he accepted the Zemskov s figures without reservations Moreover in one of his works Stalinism in Post Communist Perspective New Evidence on Killings Forced Labour and Economic Growth in the 1930s Author s Steven Rosefielde Reviewed work s Source Europe Asia Studies Vol 48 No 6 Sep 1996 pp 959 987 he is very critical of some Zemskov s data so had Rosefielde read your edits I believe he would object against them Moreover this particular author still supports relatively high numbers for repression victims in the USSR as opposed to his most persistent opponent Steven Wheatcroft