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World Service,13 Dec 2014,10 mins

Soviet World War Deaths

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Did almost 80% of the males born in the Soviet Union in 1923 not survive World War Two, as has been claimed online? Ruth Alexander hears from professor Mike Haynes from the University of Wolverhampton and professor Mark Harrison of Warwick University. Plus, the Chinese economy has overtaken the US to become the biggest in the world according to a recent IMF announcement. We hear from Matthew Crabbe, author of Myth Busting China鈥檚 Numbers, who explains the trouble with understanding and using China鈥檚 statistics. (Image: Russian infantry men advancing. Credit: Three Lions/Getty Images)

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