Did Stalin really Kill 20 Million Christians in WW2?

Question

We hear a lot about the holocaust agaisnt the Jews.. with Jewish war museums built in every country.. but never a peep about the fact that Stalin a jew.. killed 20 million Christinas while the holocaust was going on where 6 million apparently got killed..

Does anyone know the facts about this?

Answer 1

Stalin literally starved millions of his citizens to death, withholding and confiscating grains and other food. These were his ordinary citizens, most commonly the peasants, so religious denomination had nothing to do with it. In that time frame and location, most would have been greek orthodox.

Some stats:

Early researchers of the number killed by Stalin's regime were forced to rely largely upon anecdotal evidence, and their estimates range as high as 60 million.[13][16] But with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, hard evidence from the Soviet archives finally became available, and such estimates became more difficult to sustain. For example, the archives record that about 800,000 prisoners were executed (for either political or criminal offences) under Stalin, while another 1.7 million died of privation[citation needed] or other causes in the Gulags and some 389,000 perished during kulak resettlement - a total of about 3 million victims.

Thus, while some archival researchers have posited the number of victims of Stalin's repressions to be no more than about 4 million in total [15][16][17], others believe the number to be considerably higher. Russian writer Vadim Erlikman,[18] for example, has made the following estimations: Executions 1.5 million, Gulag 5 million, Deportations 1.7 million (out of 7.5 million deported), and POW's and German civilians 1 million, for a total of about 9 million victims of repression.

Some have also included the 6 to 8 million victims of the 1932-33 famine .[18][19][20] But again historians differ, this time as to whether or not the famine victims were purposive killings - as part of the campaign of repression against kulaks - or whether they were simply unintended victims of the struggle over forced collectivization.


EDIT: As for Stalin being a jew, you are quite incorrect.

"Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili in Gori, Georgia, Russian Empire to Vissarion Dzhugashvili and Ekaterina Geladze. In 1913, he adopted the name Stalin, which is derived from the Russian stal’ (Russian: сталь) for "steel". His mother was born a serf."

Answer 2

I ask this question quite often. I suppose Mao isn't talked about as often because he is nearly deified in China right now, and we don't want to get a reputation for offending the idea of Chairman Mao. Also, we have been historically much more involved with Russia than we have China. China has had an isolationist-ish policy since recorded history began, ironically enough, it began it China. Of course, we have been MUCH more involved with Europe, and WW2 was the only time in which the country moved very far outside it's own borders to commit the genocide. We have genocide in Rwanda right now, but as long as it stays in Rwanda, Americans won't care. It seems we never do until it effects us.

Answer 3

Stalin didn't kill 20m Christians in WW2 - though he was obviously an evil man and killed many millions of people during his dictatorship between 1928 and 1953 (some estimates are as high as 60m).

The 20 m figure is the number of Russians who died during WW2. This included 8.6m Red Army soldiers, civilians killed by enemy forces, and people who died of hunger and disease because of the war.

And maybe Stalin did contribute to the 20m by knocking off a few of his enemies on the way - but he certainly did not kill 20m during WW2, Christian or otherwise.

Answer 4

Stalin killed 20 million russians through his aggressive tactics against the germans who were superior in weapons and tatics. I'm not sure if I'd classify them all as christians. He also killed a lot of people who were not seen to be following his orders and many, many people died of starvation and disease etc following the retreat of the german army and the russians chasing the german army back into germany all the way to the bitter street fighting in berlin.

Answer 5

it is a little complex,im not saying i know the whole story.
stalin did sell much grain to buy parachute silk and other war materials during a bad drought and famine which also was at the same period when he threw the kulaks off their land,basically killing them though starvation and diminishing the farm output as the new land workers had to be trained on farm techniques. so in effect stalin killed many through policy.

Answer 6

Yes, lots of people know the facts about this

HAve a look at some reliable historical sources - but try not making stupid mistakes to start off with, e.g. referring to stalin as a Jew - it kind of makes you look a little prejudiced

20 million Russians are thought to have died during WWII - most of them soldiers killed by the harsh winter. This is somehwat different to the 6 million Jews who were deliberately exterminated in an effort to kill every Jew on the planet, which thankfully failed.

Answer 7

You seem to have a very mixed up grasp on history here.

Lets take the numbers first. Early researchers of the number killed by Stalin's regime were forced to rely largely upon anecdotal evidence, and their estimates range as high as 60 million. However with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, hard evidence from the Soviet archives finally became available, and such estimates became more difficult to sustain.

For example, the archives record that about 800,000 prisoners were executed (for either political or criminal offences) under Stalin, while another 1.7 million died in the Gulags and some 389,000 perished during kulak resettlement - a total of about 3 million victims.

Debate continues however, since some historians believe the archival figures to be unreliable. Also, it is generally agreed that the data are incomplete, since some categories of victim were carelessly recorded by the Soviets - such as the victims of ethnic deportations, or of German population transfer in the aftermath of WWII.

Thus, while some archival researchers have posited the number of victims of Stalin's repressions to be no more than about 4 million in total, others believe the number to be considerably higher.

Some have also included the 6 to 8 million victims of the 1932-33 famine - Regardless, it appears that a minimum of around 10 million surplus deaths (4 million by repression and 6 million from famine) are attributable to the regime, with a number of recent books suggesting a probable figure of somewhere between 15 to 20 million.

As for the religious slurs, you are way out. Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. He was a Georgian, a Russian Orthadox christian, whos mother worked for a Jewish merchant.

He was educated at a Jesuit college in Tiblisi,


During world war two, Russia was officially a Atheiest state, thus officially his victims believed in no religion. But his actions were mainly against the Russian Orthodox Church. Continuous persecution in the early 1930s resulted in its near-extinction: by 1939, active parishes numbered in the low hundreds (down from 54,000 in 1917), many churches had been levelled, and tens of thousands of priests, monks and nuns were persecuted. During World War II, however, the Church was allowed a revival as a patriotic organization. A further round of suppression started again much later in Khrushchev's time.

The Russian Orthodox Church Synod's recognition of the Soviet government and of Stalin personally led to a schism with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia that remains not fully healed to the present day.

Just days before Stalin's death, certain religious sects were outlawed and persecuted.

Many religions popular in the ethnic regions of the Soviet Union including the Roman Catholic Church, Uniats, Baptists, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, etc. underwent ordeals similar to the Orthodox churches in other parts: thousands of monks were persecuted, and hundreds of churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, sacred monuments, monasteries and other religious buildings were razed.

Stalin, as head of the Politburo, consolidated near-absolute power in the 1930s with a Great Purge of the party, justified as an attempt to expel 'opportunists' and 'counter-revolutionary infiltrators'. Those targeted by the purge were not often expelled from the party, however more severe measures ranged from banishment to the Gulag labor camps, to execution after trials held by NKVD troikas.

Answer 8

eh? Are you nuts? Stalin trined for the priesthood as a young man and was a devout Catholic until he joined the communist. the notion that he was a Jew is bizare. Stalin was responsible for mass executions of circa 20M PEOPLE, not just jews but christains, atheists, agnostics blacks, whites. Stalin showed no discrimanation in his capacity for brutality.

Answer 9

Stalin was most definitely NOT a Jew!! He used to load Jews into bombers and send the bombers up to 12,000 feet and push them out! As for murdering people, Stalin didn't give a crap what religion that they were, he just liked killing!!

Answer 10

He ethnically cleansed many of the Crimean tartars, h e was responsible for the death of millions in the Gulag system. he was a complete bastard really.