[GirlShortstop]

"The struggle for existence in Wartime Russia was reflected by children's attempt to survive on rations of 700 calories per day, by women selling sex or anything they had for morsels of bread. Russians gave up their youngest sons (early teens) to die on the battlefronts and then also had to worry about Stalinques purges of anyone thought to be anti-Soviet that led to millions being executed and sent to gulags."      Russian War ^

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[ProbableCause]

Sure, Stalin killed hundreds of thousands of his "closest frends" and starved out the kulaks (small subsistance farmers and landowners, a couple million of 'em killed) in order to make room for the collective farms. But 50 million executed? Think about it, That's almost one in three of the entire SU's 1930s population. It's just a ridiculous assertion. It's impossible. It was big news when they found a mass grave last month with a few thousand bodies connected to the purge period. Chirst, with 50 million there'd be no end to the graves. No disrespect intended, but I won't talk about it further at this time.