Jb6 wtote: "If Stalin's purges ended in 1949, let us say the youngest soldier who might have had something to do with that was: 17 years old then, he would now be: 71 years old."
According to Professor RJ Rummel, the Soviets murdered at least 7 million men, women and children during the POST-Stalin period. You may also want to consult the "Black Book of Communism", Harvard Univ. Press as well. Plenty of other sources could be given. These people were never avenged, and their families never saw any justice. Think about it...7 million innocent civilians...the Soviets murdered more people during the POST-STALIN period than Jews murdered by Hitler's final solution. Link to chart below:
http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/USSR.FIG1.4.GIF