Genocides

History of mankind is fascinating, today I started to getting some news on Rwanda Genocides. I started digging bit more into it out of curiosity.

Over 6 Lac Tutsis were killed by Hutus in Rwanda. 600K was huge number & it led me to do some more research about list of genocides.

All Indian Readers of this post must not miss to check Eastern Pakistan Genocide / Bangladesh. I am still unsure why this is not part of our history books as it has impact on how we deal with Pakistan & Bangladesh as a citizen of India.

List of the genocides

Event Location From To Lowest
estimate
The Holocaust[N 1] German-occupied Europe 1941 1945 5,750,000
[3]
Generalplan Ost[N 1] German-occupied Europe 1941 1945 4,500,000
[6]
Holodomor (Голодомор)[N 2]
(Ukrainian genocide which is part of greater Soviet famine of 1932–33)
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union 1932 1933 1,800,000
[19][20][21][22]
Polish genocide[N 1] German-occupied Europe 1939 1945 1,800,000
[4]
Cambodian genocide[N 3] Democratic Kampuchea 1975 1979 1,386,734
[42][43]
Kazakh genocide during the Soviet famine of 1932–33[N 4] Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union 1931 1933 1,300,000
[47]
Armenian genocide Մեծ Եղեռն (Medz Yeghern, “Great Crime”)[N 5] Ottoman Empire
(territories of present-day Turkey, Syria and Iraq)
1915 1922 700,000
[50]
Indonesian genocide[N 6] Indonesia 1965 1966 500,000
[63][58][59]
Rwandan genocide[N 7] Rwanda 1994 1994 500,000
[67]
Greek genocide including the Pontic genocide[N 8] Ottoman Empire
(territories of present-day Turkey)
1914 1922 500,000
[69]
Zunghar genocide 准噶尔灭族 in the Zunghar Khanate[N 9] Qing Dynasty (Dzungaria) 1755 1758 480,000
[74]
Great Famine (Ireland)[N 10] Ireland 1845 1849 775,000
Circassian genocide[N 11] Circassia, Caucasus 1864 1867 400,000
[87]
Genocide by the Ustaše including the Serbian genocide[N 12] Independent State of Croatia (territories of present-day Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbian Syrmia) 1941 1945 357,000
[93][94]
Bangladesh genocide[N 13] East Pakistan 1971 1971 300,000
Albigensian Crusade
(Cathar genocide)[N 14]
Languedoc, France 1209 1229 200,000
[107]
Assyrian genocide ܣܝܦܐ (Seyfo, “Sword”)[N 15] Ottoman Empire
(territories of present-day Turkey, Syria and Iraq)
1915 1923 200,000
[109]
Irish genocide[N 16] Ireland 1649 1653 200,000
[115]
Wu Hu genocide[N 17] Northern China 350 351 200,000
[117]
Aardakh[N 18]
(Soviet deportation of Chechens and other Vainakh populations)
Soviet Union, North Caucasus 1944 1948 144,704
[124]
Porajmos (Romani genocide)[N 19] Nazi controlled Europe 1935 1945 130,000
[132]
Battle of Carthage
(Punic genocide)
[N 20]
Carthage (territories of present-day Tunis, Tunisia) 149 BC 149 BC 150,000
[140][135]
Polish Operation of the NKVD (Polish genocide)[N 21] Soviet Union 1937 1938 111,091
[150]
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia[N 22] Eastern part of pre-war Poland 1943 1945 100,000
[153][154][155]
Jewish genocide during the Russian White Terror[N 23] what is now Ukraine and Russia 1918 1923 100,000
[158]
Darfur genocide[N 24] Darfur, Sudan 2003 Present 98,000
[161]
East Timor genocide[N 25] East Timor 1975 1999 85,320
[167]
Burundian genocides of Hutus and Tutsis[N 26] Burundi 1972 1993 80,000
[169][170]
25,000
[171]
Libyan genocide[N 27] Italian Libya 1923 1932 80,000
[177]
Bambuti genocide[N 28] North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2002 2003 60,000
[187][185]
Isaaq genocide[N 30] Somalia 1988 1991 50,000
[203][193]
Kurdish genocide[N 31] Iraq 1986 1989 50,000
[207]
Genocide by the Chetniks[N 32] Independent State of Croatia (territories of present-day Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sandžak) 1941 1945 47,000
[216]
Herero and Namaqua genocide[N 33] German South-West Africa 1904 1908 34,000
[218]
Guatemalan genocide[N 34] Guatemala 1962 1996 32,632
[228]
Genocide of Jews in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth[231] Ukraine and Belarus (Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), Moldova 1648 1657 18,000
[232]
Latvian Operation of the NKVD
(Lativian genocide)[N 35]
Soviet Union 1937 1938 16,573
[238]
California genocide[N 36] California 1846 1873 9,492 – 16,094
[240][241][244]
2017-18 Rohingya genocide in Myanmar[N 37] Myanmar 2017 Present 9,000 – 13,700
[252]
Bosnian genocide[N 38]  Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992 1995 8,373
[258]
Chittagong Hill Tracts genocide[N 39] Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh 1977 1997 3,000
[270]
Selk’nam genocide[N 41] Chile, Tierra del Fuego Late 19th century Early 20th century 2,500
[271]
Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL[N 42] northern Iraq and Syria 2014 Present 2,100
[276]
Genocide of the Moriori[N 43] Chatham Islands, New Zealand 1835 1863 1,900
[279][280]
Black War
(Genocide of Aboriginal Tasmanians)[N 44]
Tasmania, Australia Mid 1820s 1832 400
[288]

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