Analysis of Soviet Repressions by Nationality

In our database of repressed individuals during the Soviet era in Ukraine, 366,029 people are recorded. This figure does not reflect the full extent of the repressions, but it gives an idea of their scale. Our research focuses on a sample of those repressed by nationality, which helps to better understand the distribution of victims among different ethnic groups.

Distribution of Repressed by Nationality

• Ukrainians: 220,665 people (61.30%)
• Poles: 39,633 people (11.01%)
• Germans: 37,920 people (10.53%)
• Russians: 33,887 people (9.41%)
• Jews: 8,692 people (2.41%)
• Greeks: 6,087 people (1.69%)
• Belarusians: 3,182 people (0.88%)
• Bulgarians: 1,771 people (0.49%)
• Tatars: 1,394 people (0.39%)
• Latvians: 1,099 people (0.31%)
• Czechs: 1,021 people (0.28%)
• Hungarians: 965 people (0.27%)
• Moldovans: 626 people (0.17%)
• Lithuanians: 438 people (0.12%)
• Armenians: 413 people (0.11%)
• Rusyns: 341 people (0.09%)
• Estonians: 278 people (0.08%)
• Romanians: 275 people (0.08%)
• Slovaks: 174 people (0.05%)
• Assyrians: 103 people (0.03%)
• Other nationalities: 1,031 people (0.29%)

These data open a new dimension in understanding the scale and national aspect of the repressions that took place in Ukraine during Soviet times. They are important for historical justice and remembrance of those times.