1. 61,911,000 Victims: Utopianism Empowered, 1917-1987

2. 3,284,000 Victims: The Civil War Period, 1917-1922

3. 2,200,000 Victims: The NEP Period 1923-1928

4. 11,440,000 Victims: The Collectivization Period, 1929-1935

5. 4,345,000 Victims: The Great Terror Period 1936-1938

6. 5,104,000 Victims: Pre-World War II Period 1939-June 1941

7. 13,053,000 Victims: World War II Period, June 1941-1945

8. 15,613,000 Victims: Postwar and Stalin's Twilight Period, 1945-1953

9. 6,872,000 Victims: Post-Stalin Period, 1954-1987

Appendix: Methodology: Principles, Procedures, and Definitions.