Soviet Wartime Toll Reported
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BRUSSELS — More than 26 million Soviet people died in World War II, a senior Kremlin official said here Friday.
The figure is 6 million more than previously assumed. Moscow had never made the number public.
Valentin M. Falin, an adviser to President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, made the statement at a meeting.
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