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Russians Know Death Unlike Any Other People

The number of Russians killed in the 20th century is staggering.

by Paul Kengor

March 29, 2022, 1:11 AM

The number of Russian combat deaths in Ukraine is striking, perhaps already exceeding the total dead in 10 years of war in Afghanistan from 1979-89. A NATO official has estimated that 7,000-15,000 Rus...

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Paul Kengor is Editor of The American Spectator. Dr. Kengor is also a professor of political science at Grove City College, a senior academic fellow at the Center for Vision & Values, and the author of over a dozen books, including A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism, and Dupes: How America’s Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century.

Russians Know Death Unlike Any Other People The number of Russians killed in the 20th century is staggering.

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Russians Know Death Unlike Any Other People

The number of Russians killed in the 20th century is staggering.