That is the most shocking statistic I've heard in a long time.
Soviet victory celebrations mixed with grief. War against Nazis has been devastating. 80% of men born in USSR in 1923 are now dead.pic.twitter.com/ZA5Dovap9t
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A little context to this 80% statistic: http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/markharrison/entry/was_the_soviet/ …
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That's a misleading stat. Does it mean 80% of the men born only in the year 1923 are dead or 80% of men alive that year are now dead?
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It's not misleading if you can read.
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That's hard to wrap your head around.
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And still some cray men are calling for nationalism and hatred!
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That's a chilling stat about the mortality rate....
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I'd heard it said many times, still disturbing when I see it
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We sure as hell weren't told those kinda stats in Junior Cert/Leaving Cert History class....
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When you think of it, we were taught the British version. I wonder why?
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Who knows?
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Some reports in Russia put casualties at 42 million now. 4 men in my extended family fought for USSR, 2 died, 1 missing, 1 severely wounded
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Don't forget Soviets started the war in cooperation with Nazis (Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact).
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The statistic is correct, but 40% died from childhood diseases, pre war and 40% from war.
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I have a clip from victory parade:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lhsTMErZuc&app=desktop …
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Thinning the raping herd of Red Army sub-human crud! NOT a bad thing at all; too bad Putin had not been one of them, right?
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@EdwardLRiche the most shocking statistic I think I've ever readThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Holy shit.
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