Impact of World War II on the Civilian and Military Population of the Soviet Union

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What was impact of World War II on the civilian and military population of the Soviet Union?

Your answer may include the following: Because of the massive scale of destruction, death and suffering, the Soviet Union refers to World War II as the Great Patriotic War. Hitler considered the Slavic people to be subhuman, and when his forces invaded the Soviet Union, he ordered the elimination of the Slavic people. Some estimates place the death toll at nearly 24 million people, approximately 11,000,000 military personnel and 14,000,000 civilians. The Soviet Union suffered more civilian and military losses than other Allied Nations.