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{{Infobox person|name=Robert Conquest|death_date=3 August 2015|death_place=Stanford, [[California]], [[United States of America|United States]]|birth_date=15 July 1917|birth_place=Great Malvern, [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]|image=Robert Conquest.png|image_size=200}} | {{Infobox person|name=Robert Conquest|death_date=3 August 2015|death_place=Stanford, [[California]], [[United States of America|United States]]|birth_date=15 July 1917|birth_place=Great Malvern, [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]|image=Robert Conquest.png|image_size=200}} | ||
'''George Robert Acworth Conquest''' (15 July 1917 – 3 August 2015) was an [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] historian and former British intelligence officer. Even many anti-communists have rejected his claims of [[Holodomor|genocide against Ukrainians]] during the [[Soviet famine of 1931–1933|1931–1933 Soviet famine]]. He has also severely exaggerated repression during the [[Soviet purges of 1937–1938|Soviet purges]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[Grover Furr]]|newspaper=[[Proletarian (newspaper)|Proletarian]]|title=Robert Conquest dies – but his lies live on!|date=2015-08-11|url=https://thecommunists.org/2015/08/11/news/robert-conquest-dies-but-his-lies-live-on/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906130507/https://thecommunists.org/2015/08/11/news/robert-conquest-dies-but-his-lies-live-on/|archive-date=2022-09-06|retrieved=2022-12-17}}</ref> | '''George Robert Acworth Conquest''' (15 July 1917 – 3 August 2015) was an [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] historian and former British intelligence officer. Even many anti-communists have rejected his claims of [[Holodomor|genocide against Ukrainians]] during the [[Soviet famine of 1931–1933|1931–1933 Soviet famine]]. He has also severely exaggerated repression during the [[Soviet purges of 1937–1938|Soviet purges]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[Grover Furr]]|newspaper=[[Proletarian (newspaper)|Proletarian]]|title=Robert Conquest dies – but his lies live on!|date=2015-08-11|url=https://thecommunists.org/2015/08/11/news/robert-conquest-dies-but-his-lies-live-on/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906130507/https://thecommunists.org/2015/08/11/news/robert-conquest-dies-but-his-lies-live-on/|archive-date=2022-09-06|retrieved=2022-12-17}}</ref> Many of his writings rely on writings from obscure émigrés or secondhand stories. He claimed that 3.5 million [[Kulak|kulaks]] died after being deported to [[Siberia]], more than twice the total number of deportees.<ref name=":052">{{Citation|author=Ludo Martens|year=1996|title=Another View of Stalin|chapter=Collectivization|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=81}}</ref> | ||
== Claimed death tolls == | |||
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> | |||
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George Robert Acworth Conquest (15 July 1917 – 3 August 2015) was an anti-communist historian and former British intelligence officer. Even many anti-communists have rejected his claims of genocide against Ukrainians during the 1931–1933 Soviet famine. He has also severely exaggerated repression during the Soviet purges.[1] Many of his writings rely on writings from obscure émigrés or secondhand stories. He claimed that 3.5 million kulaks died after being deported to Siberia, more than twice the total number of deportees.[2]
Claimed death tolls
Conquest claimed that there were five million political prisoners in the Soviet Union in 1934. In reality, there were less than 170,000 out of a total prison population of 510,307. He claimed that seven million were imprisoned during the 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 war.[3]
References
- ↑ Grover Furr (2015-08-11). "Robert Conquest dies – but his lies live on!" Proletarian. Archived from the original on 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
- ↑ Ludo Martens (1996). Another View of Stalin: 'Collectivization' (p. 81). [PDF] Editions EPO. ISBN 9782872620814
- ↑ Ludo Martens (1996). Another View of Stalin: 'The Great Purge' (pp. 168–169). [PDF] Editions EPO. ISBN 9782872620814