The numbers of Soviet casualties are probably from Krivosheev or at least Krivosheev claims the same numbers Krivosheev s work was released in early 1990s Since the USSR was no more at that time it s doubtful that those numbers are propaganda On a side note while the Damanskiy affair claimed 58 killed and 94 wounded there was another incident of a much smaller scale at lake Zhalanashkol in Kazakhstan which claimed the lives of 2 Soviet border guards further 10 were wounded This incident happened August 13 1969 With respect