Sirius Data

No wonder Russia refers to its “pain” as a nation. I do not believe people around the world have any conception they lost around 24-28M of their population - way, way more than any other single nation. Ironic today, that we as Britons bang on about the influx of Poles when they too lost in percentage and numerical terms as many as as any other country after the likes of Russia. The Polish and Russia’s contribution to WWI & II is underestimated in our country. Just serves to show how important history is and how essential it is to teach it correctly in order to dissipate bigotry and enlighten/broaden peoples’ viewpoints today. There are of course many other countries that suffered particularly in % terms relevant to their respective populations e.g. Kingdom of Serbia in WWI & China in WWII. Between Russia & China in WWII they accounted for approximately two thirds of all casualties. The USA’s losses in this period until now including the Vietnam, Korea & Gulf wars I & II plus Afghanistan, Somalia etc are low in comparison but, no less diminished…