World War II casualties of the Soviet Union World War II casualties of the Soviet Union World War II fatalities of the Soviet Union from all related causes number was approximately 27,000,000, both civilian and military, although the exact figures are disputed. The number 20 million was considered official during the Soviet era. The Russian government puts the Soviet war dead at 26.6 million based on a 1993 study by the Russian Academy of Sciences. this includes 8,668,400 military deaths as calculated by the Russian Ministry of Defense. The figures published by Russian Ministry of Defense have been accepted by most historians outside Russia (see table below "Western
Fatality (Mortal Kombat) series. In the game "ClayFighter 63⅓" the Fatalities were parodied in the form of Claytality. "Fatalities" also expanded into the shooter genre, most notably in the "Gears of War" series as "Executions". In many games in the franchises there are also different types of Fatalities and Finishers: This finisher allows the player to morph into an animal and maul their opponent. This style of Fatality debuted in "Mortal Kombat 3". According to Boon, his team "listened to what the players said about "MKII" and the Animalities that they thought were in there but really weren't. To answer all these rumors,