Some problems with Soviet and Russian casualty statistics   Partisan  Militia deaths of  are included with civilian deaths  POW losses of  million are included with civilian dead  Losses of    million in western Byelorussia  Ukraine are included with Poland by western historians The Russians include these losses with the USSR To avoid duplication these losses need to backed out of Soviet or Polish losses  To arrive at the total loss of  million the Russians assume only  persons emigrating after WW The actual emigration was about  million which means losses were overstated by about  The Soviet population recorded in the  census was  million not  million Stalin ordered the number to be falsified  Soviet civilian losses of  about  million persons due to famine in the territory not occupied by the Germans are included in the total losses of  million  The Germans had  million Soviet deserters in their Army  were killed in action The need to be included with German losses  In addition to the war losses of  million the Russians and the PC crowd in the west  tend  to ignore the million Soviet citizens that died due to communist terror  I realize is not NPV but it is a fact that cant be ignored Rule of thumb should be to check and analyze Soviet  Russian claims of losses They throw a figure at you and expect it to be accepted as  official  how dare you question official government data Berndd