Russian casualties of war
Russian casualties of war lists deaths of Russian armed forces and Russian citizens caused by conflicts in which the Russia was involved.
| Conflict | Start | End | Military Dead | Civilian Dead | Total Dead | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polish Soviet War | 1918 | 1919 | 60,000 | 60,000 | Rummel p 55[1] | |
| Soviet invasion of Poland | 17 September 1939 | 6 October 1939 | 3,000 | 3,000 | Sanford pp. 20–24 Sanford, George [2] | |
| World War 2 | 1939 | 1945 | 8,668,400 | 15,900,000 | 8,668,400 | Krivosheev, G. F[3] |
| Soviet-Japanese War | 7 August 1945 | 2 September 1945 | 9,780 | 9,780 | "When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler" [4] | |
| Soviet-Afghan War | 1979 | 1988 | 14,500 | 562,000 | 14,500 | Casualties of the War in Afghanistan[5] |
| First Chechen War | 1994 | 1996 | 14,000 | 14,000 | Casualty Figures Jamestown Foundation - first Chechen War[6] | |
| Second Chechen War | 1999 | 2009 | 6029 | 30,000 | 6029 | "Defense and Security / PressPATROL [7] |
| Russo-Georgian War | 7 August 2008 | 12 August 2008 | 162 | 65 | 227 | "The Tanks of August" [8] |
| Russo-Ukrainian War | 2014 | Present | 300,000 | 300,000 | Russia Casualties Death Toll Ukraine Avdiivka Counteroffensive[9] |
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
- ^ "Russia Casualties Death Toll Ukraine Avdiivka Counteroffensive" Newsweek October 31, 2023 https://www.newsweek.com/russia-casualties-death-toll-ukraine-avdiivka-counteroffensive-1839025