> over about 70 years You included the most liberalized (less hard core communist) years of the Soviet Union. > This intuitively makes sense to me since the N

> over about 70 years You included the most liberalized (less hard core communist) years of the Soviet Union. > This intuitively makes sense to me since the Nazis actively sought to exterminate people, whereas most (not ALL) deaths in the USSR were accidental because communism is useless. The Holodomor was caused by explicit policies. The purges were intentional. People who pointed out problems were considered anti-revolutionaries. Skilled laborers were purged or fled.