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Russian Civil War Civilian Deaths (1918-1921)

The Russian Civil War resulted in a significant number of civilian deaths, estimated to be around 7-12 million, due to various factors including famine, disease, and political repression.

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Which events under Bolshevik rule caused the highest civilian casualties (civil war, famine, purges)?

The single largest immediate civilian death toll under Bolshevik rule occurred during the Russian Civil War, widely estimated in secondary sources at roughly 7–12 million deaths, most of them civilian...