I took the large estimate from this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Terror

My point is not to downplay it but to say it should be considered in the context of everything else that was going on at that time. By all means question the historical estimates if you disagree with them, but I think you should be equally concerned by the death attributable to the anti-communist forces, no?

They lost, what's the big point of discussing them? But I'm pretty sure the numbers are off. During the war you will see similar numbers, but the bulk of Red victims were when the war in fact ended.