I remember seeing a statistic on the Death toll of World War 2 but of each of the soviet republics. Its shocking. Belarus was the highest, losing more than 25% of it population and it still hasn't recovered from it. The current population is still sub 1939 population which was the peak at around 10.5ish million people.
![image showing [OC] The population of Russia declined by more than 12 million during World War 2](905c83b0-ecf6-5454-b01e-ce68e6a322bb.jpg)
dragonbeard91 on February 15th, 2021 at 07:50 UTC »
How much did it drop after the fall of the soviet union? Looks like about 7 million or so
HelenEk7 on February 15th, 2021 at 07:57 UTC »
I'm more surprised about the fall in population in the 90's. I had no idea it was that big.
Sniper_bud1 on February 15th, 2021 at 13:58 UTC »
I remember seeing a statistic on the Death toll of World War 2 but of each of the soviet republics. Its shocking. Belarus was the highest, losing more than 25% of it population and it still hasn't recovered from it. The current population is still sub 1939 population which was the peak at around 10.5ish million people.