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Conquest claimed that there were five million political prisoners in the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] in 1934. In reality, there were less than 170,000 out of a total [[Main Administration of Camps|prison]] population of 510,307. He claimed that seven million were imprisoned during the [[Soviet purges of 1937–1938|Great Purge]] when the actual number was only 1,317,195, including common criminals, and only 115,922 died in the camps compared to his claim of two million. Conquest also said that the death rate in the gulags was 855,000 per year when it was only 49,000 during peace time and 194,000 during the [[Second World War|war]].<ref name=":022332">{{Citation|author=Ludo Martens|year=1996|title=Another View of Stalin|chapter=The Great Purge|isbn=9782872620814|publisher=Editions EPO|pdf=https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceab64vxtxpqt2cdl4zsrsftmedqidn4foq74gr25qkd35z5nwogdi?filename=Ludo%20Martens%20-%20Another%20View%20of%20Stalin-Editions%20EPO%20%281996%29.pdf|page=168–169}}</ref> | Conquest claimed that there were five million political prisoners in the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] in 1934. In reality, there were less than 170,000 out of a total [[Main Administration of Camps|prison]] population of 510,307. He claimed that seven million were imprisoned during the [[Soviet purges of 1937–1938|Great Purge]] when the actual number was only 1,317,195, including common criminals, and only 115,922 died in the camps compared to his claim of two million. Conquest also said that the death rate in the gulags was 855,000 per year when it was only 49,000 during peace time and 194,000 during the [[Second World War|war]].<ref name=":022332">{{Citation|author=Ludo Martens|year=1996|title=Another View of Stalin|chapter=The Great Purge|isbn=9782872620814|publisher=Editions EPO|pdf=https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceab64vxtxpqt2cdl4zsrsftmedqidn4foq74gr25qkd35z5nwogdi?filename=Ludo%20Martens%20-%20Another%20View%20of%20Stalin-Editions%20EPO%20%281996%29.pdf|page=168–169}}</ref> | ||
Conquest claims that Stalin killed 15 million people during the 1930s. He based this claim off a predicted population of 184 million (based on the growth rate of the 1920s) in 1939 compared to an actual population 169 million, ignoring the fact that birth rates decrease when countries industrialize | Conquest claims that Stalin killed 15 million people during the 1930s. He based this claim off a predicted population of 184 million (based on the growth rate of the 1920s) in 1939 compared to an actual population 169 million, ignoring the fact that birth rates decrease when countries industrialize.<ref name=":05">{{Citation|author=Austin Murphy|year=2000|title=The Triumph of Evil|chapter=The Documented Facts about Eastern Europe and Communism|page=85|pdf=https://mltheory.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/austin-murphy-the-triumph-of-evil.pdf|city=Fucecchio|publisher=European Press Academic Publishing|isbn=8883980026}}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||