 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Huwandu hwezviyo zvose zvakachekwa mumaruwa eSoviet matani mamiriyoni 39,6 hwaiva huwandu hwechipiri hwakaderera munhau yeSoviet, hunopfuura bedzi kucheka kwa 1921 matani mamiriyoni 36,2. Zvisinei, goho ra1946 rakasimwa munharaunda yakakura kupfuura goho ra1921, sezvo panguva iyi Soviet Union yakanga yabatanidza nyika dzeBaltic, Bessarabia neBucovina, pamwe chete nechokumabvazuva kwePoland, nokudaro zvichiwedzera uwandu hwenyika yokukohwa. Sezvinoratidzwa nomunyori wenhau dzakaitika Stephen G. Wheatcroft, mashoko akarurama pamusoro pezvibereko zvezviyo zveSoviet panguva iyoyo anoitwa kuti ave akaoma zvikuru nokunyengedzwa kwakakwana kwezviverengero zvehurumende yeSoviet, zvimwe zvacho zvakatorwa sezvokwadi navamwe vanyori venhau dzakaitika. 