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  3. - **Red Terror**, Russian SFSR, 1918-1922: 100,000 to 200,000 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Terror)
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  5. - **Decossackization**, USSR, 1919-1933: 10,000 to 500,000 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decossackization)
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  7. - **Hungarian Red Terror**, Hungarian Soviet Republic, 1919: 370-590 executed^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Terror_(Hungary\))
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  9. - **Povolzhye famine**, Russian SFSR, 1921-1922: 5 million deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_famine_of_1921–1922)
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  11. - **Turkestan famine**, 1919–1922: 400,000–750,000 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_famine_of_1919–1922)
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  13. - **Dekulakization**, USSR, 1929-1933: 530,000 to 600,000 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekulakization)
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  15. - **Gulags**, USSR, 1929-1953: 1.2-1.7 million deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag)
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  17. - **Population transfer**, 1930-1952: 800,000–1,500,000 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_transfer_in_the_Soviet_Union)
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  19. - **Deportation of Koreans**, 1937: 16,500-50,000 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_Koreans_in_the_Soviet_Union)
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  21. - **Deportation of the Volga Germans**, 1941: 42,823-228,800 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volga_Germans#Deportation_of_the_Volga_Germans)
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  23. - **Deportations from Lithuania**, 1941-1952: 28,000 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_deportations_from_Lithuania)
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  25. - **Deportations from Estonia**, 1941-1951: unknown number of deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_deportations_from_Estonia)
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  27. - **Deportation of the Karachays**, 1943: 13,100—19,000 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Karachays)
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  29. - **Deportation of the Kalmyks**, 1943: 16,017–16,594 deaths
  30. (between 17 and 19 percent of their total population)^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Kalmyks)
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  32. - **Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush**, 1944: 123,000–200,000 deaths or between 1/4 and 1/3 of their total population^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Chechens_and_Ingush)
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  34. - **Deportation of the Balkars**, 1944: 7,600 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Balkars)
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  36. - **Deportation of the Crimean Tatars**, 1944: 34,000 to 110,000 deaths (between 18 and 46 percent of their total population)^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Crimean_Tatars)
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  38. - **Deportation of the Meskhetian Turks**, 1944: 12,589 to 50,000 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Meskhetian_Turks)
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  40. - **Famine**, USSR, 1932–1933: 6.4-12.5 million deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_famine_of_1932–1933)
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  42. - **Goloshchyokin genocide**, USSR, 1931–1933: 1.5-2.3 million deaths or between 38 to 42 percent of all Kazakhs^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_famine_of_1931–1933)
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  44. - **Ukraine Terror-Famine**, USSR, 1932-1933: 3.5 million deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor) Genocide? ^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor_genocide_question)
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  46. - **Great Terror**, USSR, 1936-1938: between 950,000 and 1.2 million deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge)
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  48. - **Mass operations of the NKVD**^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_operations_of_the_NKVD)
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  50. - **Repression of Anti-Soviet elements**, 1937-1938: 386,798 executed (NKVD Order № 00447^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NKVD_Order_No._00447) )
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  52. - **Polish Operation**, 1937-1938: 111,091 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Operation_of_the_NKVD) (NKVD Order № 00485^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NKVD_Order_No._00485) )
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  54. - **Latvian Operation**, 1937-1938: 16,573 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian_Operation_of_the_NKVD)
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  56. - **German Operation**, 1937-1938: 41,898 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NKVD_Order_No._00439) (NKVD Order № 00439^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NKVD_Order_No._00439) )
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  58. - **Harbin Operation**, 1937: 30,992 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NKVD_Order_No._00593) (NKVD Order № 00593)
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  60. - **Greek Operation**, 1937-1950: 20,000-50,000 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Operation_of_the_NKVD)
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  62. - **Repressions in Mongolia**, Mongolian People's Republic, 1937-1939: 20,000-35,000^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalinist_repressions_in_Mongolia)
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  64. - **Spanish Red Terror**, 1936: 38,000 to 72,344 killed including 6,832 Roman Catholic Priests^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Terror_(Spain\))
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  66. - **Repression of Polish citizens**, USSR, 1939-1946: 150,000 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_repressions_of_Polish_citizens_(1939–1946\))
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  68. - **Katyn massacre**, USSR, 1940: 22,000^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre)
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  70. - **Leftist Errors (Yugoslav Red Terror)**, Eventual Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1941: 1000+ deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leftist_errors)
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  72. - **Purges in Serbia**, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1944-1945: at least 55,973 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_purges_in_Serbia_in_1944–45)
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  74. - **Forced labor of Hungarians**, USSR, 1944-1955: 200,000 perished^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_labor_of_Hungarians_in_the_Soviet_Union)
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  76. - **Socialist Republic of Romania**, 1945-1989: between 500,000 and two million deaths^^[BBC](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6190931.stm)
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  78. - **Augustów roundup**, Polish People's Republic, 1945: 2000 executed^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustów_roundup)
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  80. - **Land Reform Movement**, People’s Republic of China, 1946-1953: 200,000 – 5,000,000 executions^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Reform_Movement_(China\))
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  82. - **Famine**, USSR, 1946-1947: 500,000 to 2 million^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_famine_of_1946–1947)
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  84. - **Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries**, PRC, 1950-1953: 1-2 million executed^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_to_Suppress_Counterrevolutionaries)
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  86. - **Land Reform**, Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 1953-1956: 15,000 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_reform_in_North_Vietnam)
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  88. - **Hungarian Uprising**, Hungarian People's Republic, 1956: ~3000 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956)
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  90. - **Tibetan uprising**, PCR, 1959: 85,000-87,000 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_Tibetan_uprising)
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  92. - **Great Chinese Famine**, PRC, 1959-1961: 15-55 million deaths, making it the largest famine in human history^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine)
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  94. - **FARC, ELN, and other Leftist groups**, Columbia, 1964-2016: 36,683 deaths^^[France24](https://www.france24.com/en/20180802-watchdog-adjusts-colombian-conflict-death-toll-260000)
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  96. - **Cultural Revolution**, PRC, 1966-1976: hundreds of thousands to 20 million deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution)
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  98. - **Red August**, 1966: 10,000+ (Official CCP 1985 statistics) massacred in and around Beijing by the Red Guard^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_August), including the **Daxing Massacre** where 325 were killed^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daxing_Massacre)
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  100. - **Violent Struggle**, 1966-1968: 300,000-500,000 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Struggle)
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  102. - **Guangxi Massacre**, 1967-1976: 100,000-150,000 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangxi_Massacre)
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  104. - **Inner Mongolia incident**, 1967-1969: 20,000-100,000 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Mongolia_incident)
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  106. - **Cleansing the Class Ranks**, 1968: 0.5-1.5 million deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleansing_the_Class_Ranks)
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  108. - **Banqiao Dam failure**, PRC, 1975: 85,600 to 240,000^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Banqiao_Dam_failure)
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  110. - **Cambodian Genocide**, Democratic Kampuchea, 1975-1979: 1.5-2 million deaths or a quarter of the population^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_genocide)
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  112. - **Prison 21**: 18,133 killed^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuol_Sleng_Genocide_Museum)
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  114. - **Killing Fields**: 1.7-2.5 million killed^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Fields)
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  116. - **Qey Shibir (Ethiopian Red Terror)**, Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia or the Derg, 1976-1977: 30,000 to 750,000 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Terror_(Ethiopia\))
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  118. - **Pul-e-Charkhi prison**, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, 1978-1979: 27,000 political prisoners executed^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pul-e-Charkhi_prison)
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  120. - **Soviet–Afghan War**, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, 1979-1989: 562,000 to 2,000,000 deaths or 6.5%–11.5% of the population^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet–Afghan_War)
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  122. - **Shining Path**, Republic of Peru, 1980-2000: 17,687^^[study](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2053168019840972) to 31,331 deaths and disappearances^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shining_Path#Use_of_violence)
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  124. - **Ethiopian Famine**, Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia or the Derg, 1983-1985: 200,000–1,200,000 deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983–1985_famine_in_Ethiopia)
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  126. - **Isaaq genocide**, Somali Democratic Republic, 1987-1989: 50,000-100,000 deaths ^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaaq_genocide)
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  128. - **Tiananmen Square Massacre**, PRC, 1989: estimates vary from hundreds to several thousand deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests)
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  130. - **Arduous March**, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 1994-1998: 240,000 to 3.5 million deaths^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_famine)
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  132. - **Naxalite–Maoist insurgency**, Republic of India, 1997-2018: 6,035–8,051 civilians killed^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naxalite–Maoist_insurgency)
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  134. - **Uyghur genocide**, PRC, 2014-present: unknown^^[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_genocide)
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