Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence

Demographers are now better able to comment on this bloody period

in a different way. Their research, like Yakovlev’s study and Memorial’s

research, shows that the countries that once composed the Soviet Union

are still reeling from the terrible losses of the Stalin era. The Slavic

countries, the Russian Federation, Byelorussia, and Ukraine, as well as

three Baltic States have suffered a demographic catastrophe that will

take decades from which to recover.

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