On this day, 35 years ago, May 7, 1990 (April 13, 1990, the Soviet Union announced the figures for military and civilian losses during the Great Patriotic War. On May 7, 1990, General Lushev, First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union, told Tass reporters that the total number of military and civilians lost by the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War was 27 million to 28 million. A total of 8.666 million soldiers were killed in combat, seriously injured to death, or captured but not returned. Another 18 million people were injured or sick. Prior to this, the Soviet Union officially announced three figures: Stalin said in 1946 that the Soviet Union lost 7 million people in the Great Patriotic War. Shortly thereafter, Soviet officials announced the loss of 15 million people. Khrushchev released the figure of 20 million.