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Estonia
ESTONIAN POPULATION LOSSES SINCE 1939
(COMPILED BY UBA/BATUN)
TOTAL POPULATION
AS OF OCTOBER 1939 WITHIN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BORDERS (TARTU
PEACE TREATY OF 1920): |
1,136,400
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FIRST SOVIET
OCCUPATION IN 1939 WITHIN DE FACTO 1945-93 BORDERS: |
1,068,250
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FIRST SOVIET OCCUPATION 1940-1941:
ILLEGALLY CONSCRIPTED
INTO RED ARMY: |
34,700
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DIED DURING
SERVICE |
21,470
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MISSING, FATE
UNKNOWN |
2,000
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ARRESTED AND
IMPRISIONED |
8,000
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EXECUTED OR
DIED AS A RESULT OF TORTURE |
7,450
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ARRESTED AND
DEPORTED TO LABOR CAMPS (MEN, SOME WOMEN) OR EXILE (MOST WOMEN AND
CHILDREN, ORPHANS ) |
11,000
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DIED DURING
DETENTION |
5,700
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RELEASED BY
1960 (100 MEN, 5200 WOMEN AND CHILDREN) |
5,300
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ORDERED TO USSR
FOR TEMPORARY LABOR SERVICE |
1,858
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DIED DURING
SERVICE |
930
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EVACUATED TO
USSR (COLLABORATORS, VOLUNTARY REFUGEES AND UNKNOWN NUMBER OF INVOLUNTARY
EVACUEES) |
26,275
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OF THESE, ESTONIAN
JEWISH REFUGEES |
3,500
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OF TOTAL EVACUEES,
DIED DURING THE WAR |
10,000
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JEWISH REFUGEES
RETURNING IN 1945 |
2,000
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ESTONIAN CITIZENS
OF BALTIC GERMAN ORIGIN RESETTLED IN GERMANY ACCORDING TO SOVIET/GERMAN
AGREEMENTS: |
21,400
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CAUSALTIES FROM
ARMED RESISTANCE, ATROCITIES BY "SCORCHED EARTH BATTALIONS",
NKVD AND RED ARMY UNITS: |
1,750
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MISSING WITHOUT
TRACE |
1,101
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GERMAN OCCUPATION 1941-1944
ESTONIAN CITIZENS
OF SWEDISH ANCESTRY EVACUATED TO SWEDEN BY AS PER SWEDISH/GERMAN
AGREEMENTS: |
7,500
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ILLEGALY CONSCRIPTED
(70%) OR VOLUNTEERED (30%) FOR SERVICE IN GERMAN ARMY: |
64,360
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DIED DURING
SERVICE |
14,300
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RETURNED TO
CIVILIAN LIFE WITHOUT ARREST |
8,000
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ARRESTED AND
IMPRISIONED AFTER THE WAR |
31,360
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DIED DURING
DETENTION |
6,270
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BECAME REFUGEES
AFTER THE WAR |
11,000
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JAILED OR CONSCRIPTED
FOR FORCED LABOR: |
5,000
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DIED DURING
DETENTION OR LABOR SERVICE |
1,000
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BECAME REFUGEES
AFTER THE WAR |
1,500
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ESTONIAN CITIZENS
EXECUTED |
6,000
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OF THESE ESTONIAN
JEWS EXECUTED |
950
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OF THESE ESTONIAN
GYPSIES EXECUTED |
245
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CIVILIAN WAR
CAUSALTIES, PRIMARILY AIR RAIDS |
3,750
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ETHNIC ESTONIAN
SOVIET CITIZENS EVACUATED TO ESTONIA FROM GERMAN-OCCUPAIED AREAS
OF RUSSIA |
+5,000
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INGRIAN REFUGEES
FROM RUSSIA EVACUATED TO ESTONIA |
+78,000
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RE-EVACUATED
FROM ESTONIA TO FINLAND 1942-44 |
63,154
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CIVILIAN REFUGEES
FLEEING ADVENT OF SECOND SOVIET OCCUPATION, PRIMARILY 1944: |
70,000
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DIED ENROUTE
TO WEST |
7,000
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CIVILIAN REFUGEES
TO FINLAND, PRIMARILY 1941-1943: |
3,350
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SERVED IN FINNISH
MILITARY |
2,700
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DIED DURING
SERVICE |
200
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REFUGEES (PRIMARILY
TO SWEDEN) |
1,200
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RETURNED TO
ESTONIA: |
1,950
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LATER ARRESTED
AND IMPRISONED |
1,140
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DIED DURING
DETENTION |
230
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TOTAL
POPULATION OF ESTONIA IN 1945: |
865,2000
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SECOND SOVIET OCCUPATION (1944-1991)
CIVILIANS ARRESTED
AND IMPRISONED FOR VARIOUS POLITICAL REASONS 1944-1951 |
30,000
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DIED DURING
DETENTION |
6,300
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CIVILIANS DEPORTED
DURING MASS DEPORTATIONS IN RURAL AREAS, 1949: |
25,000
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DIED DURING
RESETTLEMENT PROCESS |
3,750
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CIVILIANS IMPRISONED
OR DEPORTED FOR VARIOUS POLITICAL REASONS 1951-1991 |
6,000
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CIVILIAN ATROCITIES
BY RED ARMY, 1944 |
150
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ESTIMATED CASUALTIES
FROM ARMED RESISTANCE |
5,500
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SOVIET OFFICIALS
ASSASSINATED |
300
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ARRESTED FOR
INVOLVEMENT IN ARMED RESISTANCE |
8,000
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DIED DURING
DETENTION |
4,000
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TOTAL NUMBER
OF PEOPLE RELEASED FROM "SPECIAL EXILE" BETWEEN 1954 AND
1960 (INCLUDES SOME PORTION OF THE 5300 SURVIVORS OF THE 1941 DEPORTATIONS
MENTIONED ABOVE) |
27,835
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TOTAL
NUMBER SOVIET CITIZENS RESETTLED IN ESTONIA AFTER 1944:
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+502,000
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TOTAL
POPULATION OF ESTONIA IN 1959 (DE FACTO 1945-93 BORDERS):
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1,196,791
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TOTAL
POPULATION OF ESTONIA IN 1979 (DE FACTO 1945-93 BORDERS):
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1,464,476
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TOTAL
POPULATION OF ESTONIA IN 1989 (DE FACTO 1945-93 BORDERS):
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1,565,662
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