April 13 (Gengwu years), May 7, 1990, the Soviet Union announced a number of military and civilian losses in the Great Patriotic War. May 7, 2011,

1990 [l $ j��.c��] Soviet first deputy defense minister of Lu Shefu will TASS reporter said, the loss of soldiers and civilians of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War, a total of 27 million -2800 million people. Have been killed in the fighting, seriously injured soldier to death and captured back a total of 8,666,000. There are 18 million people injured or sick. (Lsjt.net)
Prior to this, the Soviet official had announced three figures: Stalin said in 1946, the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet Union lost 700 people. Shortly thereafter, the Soviet official and announced a loss of $ 15 million. Khrushchev announced figure of 20 million people. (Lsjt.org)