time for a pot of black coffee and some fresh air   G I Kirosheev Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses Greenhill  ISBN  lists the following official losses  the data quoted by Overy Killed in Action and dead of wounds  non combat deaths  Those are confirmed losses reported to the high command by the fronts Estimated MIA were  and estimated POW dead  million The grand total was  million What a coincidence that this is exactly the same as Axis losses of  million as reported in Kirosheev The USSR losses were equal to the Axis on the Eastern front right or wrong Pow loses were  million right or wrong Check your numbers before you make a change  Real losses of Pows were about  million and MIA were  Add that to  million confirmed dead and you are at  million That does not include losses of Partisans and Milita of   they must be included as military not civilian losses Berndd