Stalin's rule cost the lives of 20 million plus Russian citizens. These numbers are still growing today as more mass graves are found in the countries that used to form the Soviet Union. Now I will admit that maybe half of these casualties resulted during WWII because Stalin would send unarmed enemies of the state to the front lines as cannon fodder. Millions also died in slavery in the Siberian Gulags.
Your figure of 400,000 is completely incorrect. During one period of two years over 300,000 people were executed as enemies of the state. Understand that I am not talking just executions, I am talking lives lost directly because of despotic policies and tactics. Stalin used starvation to bring whole regions under his reign. Millions lost their lives to starvation so that they wouldn't resist when the Red Army rolled in.
And to the person who said that America is the largest violator because they cover things up. ARE you Serious? America is the WORST at covering things up. If you were in China today, you couldn't find anything online about Tianamen Square. I work in the Electrical Engineering department of a major University, and I work alongside many current and former citizens of The PRC. The people that have been here for a few years always lament how they weren't even aware of the events of Tianamen Square until they got here. We hide things.... grow up people, America is not perfect, sure we have done our fair share of bad stuff, but the worst offender in the world? Basher Al-Assad is sniping and mortaring his own people RIGHT NOW while we argue.
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