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Originally Posted by Antonio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag
According to a 1993 study of archival Soviet data, a total of 1,053,829 people died in the Gulag from 1934 to 1953.[6] However, taking into account that it was common practice to release prisoners who were either suffering from incurable diseases or on the point of death,[12][13] the actual Gulag death toll was somewhat higher, amounting to 1,258,537 in 1934-53, or 1.6 million deaths during the whole period from 1929 to 1953.[14] Some estimates for total number deaths in the Gulag go beyond 10 million.
So, let's see .... official number is 1,053,829, which is more or less equal to 100 million. In taht case, I have close to $50000000000 in my bank account; zeros, they don't really matter, you can add as many as you want
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Gulags are one thing only... that ~100 million number includes the WW2, so everything.
from wiki:
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USSR: 20 million deaths; China: 65 million deaths; Vietnam: 1 million deaths; North Korea: 2 million deaths; Cambodia: 2 million deaths; Eastern Europe: 1 million deaths; Latin America: 150,000 deaths; Africa: 1.7 million deaths; Afghanistan: 1.5 million deaths; the international Communist movement and Communist parties not in power: about 10,000 deaths.
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I'm not saying those numbers are 100% correct, but it's still a lot.. and we haven't talked about the post-effects of the regime in eastern EU yet!