{"title":"Gone with the Death…. HOW MANY SOVIET PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR?","authors":"P. M. Polian","doi":"10.1134/s1019331623080130","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>The evolution of ideas about the losses of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War in their demographic and, separately, political dimensions and contexts is analyzed. The emphasis is placed on the structural nature of these assessments and the importance of resisting their instrumentalization by extrascientific interests.</p>","PeriodicalId":56335,"journal":{"name":"Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"103","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s1019331623080130","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The evolution of ideas about the losses of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War in their demographic and, separately, political dimensions and contexts is analyzed. The emphasis is placed on the structural nature of these assessments and the importance of resisting their instrumentalization by extrascientific interests.
期刊介绍:
Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences provides a broad coverage of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ activities. It publishes original works, surveys, speeches, and discussions with participation of the members of Russian Academy of Sciences, leading scientists in Russia and worldwide and presents various viewpoints on important subjects related to all fields of science. The journal addresses the questions of scientist’s role in society and the role of scientific knowledge in the modern world.