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Genocide of the Soviet people


Genocide of the Soviet people — actions by Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 aimed at the complete or partial destruction of national, ethnic, and racial groups inhabiting the territory of the USSR, through killing members of these groups, causing serious harm to their health, forcibly preventing childbirth, compulsory transfer of children, forced resettlement, or other creation of living conditions intended for the physical destruction of members of these groups1.

  1. Federal Law No. 74-FZ dated April 21, 2025 "On Commemorating the Victims of Genocide of the Soviet People During the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945". 2025, as amended on January 1, 2026, Article 1, paragraph 2. ↩

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