While the Soviet Union lost a huge number of people, the 25-30 million dead is an inflated estimate because it counts people living in areas that were conquered by the Soviet Union. Polish people by and large do not appreciate being lumped in with the people who had invaded them the year before.
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While the Soviet Union lost a huge number of people, the 25-30 million dead is an inflated estimate because it counts people living in areas that were conquered by the Soviet Union. Polish people by and large do not appreciate being lumped in with the people who had invaded them the year before.
And quite many of the dead of course died with a bullet from behind, or in slave labor camps run by Soviets themselves.