We all know Hitler killed 6 million Jews. Did historians record how many Russian

Question: We all know Hitler killed 6 million Jews!. Did historians record how many Russian Jews Josef Stalin massacred!?
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It has not been able to be determined due to the inability in knowing how many Jews were remaining in the Soviet Union pre/post Nazi invasion, nor the willingness to look into it since it can all be easily blamed on the Nazis!.

Objectively speaking, Russia had about 3 million Jews before the war began in 1939!. To this number was added a significant portion of Polish Jews after the Soviet-Nazi partition in winter 39!. Considering Poland had around 3 million Jews and many would have left towards the east at the time of the Nazi invasion it is fair to say that another 1!.5 to 2 million Polish Jews can be added to the Soviet number!. Making it 4!.5 to 5 million!.

Between winter 39 to summer 41, these Jews were under Soviet rule!. Many who could would try to leave, others tried to join Soviet society, and others were rounded up along with the Soviet citizens who Stalin purged!.

Once the Nazis came in it is estimated that they were responsible for the deaths of about 2 million in occupied Russia!. What we know is that almost all 3 million Polish Jews perished, what we assume is that they were all killed by the Nazis along with a large part of Russian Jews!.

This is most likely not accurate since during those times during the Nazi-Soviet pact, many Poles, Jew and non-Jew, were killed by the Soviets!. Most likely at least 1 million Jews killed can be attributed to the Soviets rather than the Nazis!. On top of that would be all the Jews outside of German occupied territory in the Soviet Union that were still killed or sent to gulags!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Not nearly as many as Hitler!.
The Soviets were meticulous at keeping records, and since the collapse of the USSR the number of people murdered by the regime has come down from the ludicrous 60million proposed by some American academics to around the 5 million mark!.

The number of Jewish victims is not, as far as I am aware, recorded, because their "crime" was not being Jewish it was for conducting "anti-Soviet activities"!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Stalin was responsible for killing anywhere up to 30 million of his people!. As he was not specifically targeting Jewish people I doubt there are any specific numbers recorded!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

About 21 or 22 million!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Hitler was a piker in the killing dept!. compared to Mao and Stalin, Stalin killed over 30 million of his own people during the purges, and I believe Mao was maybe 10 times thatWww@QuestionHome@Com

They didn't say how many Jews Stalin killed, but they did say Stalin killed around 8 million people during his rule!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

he killed 4 jewsWww@QuestionHome@Com