the germans claimed that over 90,000 red army soldiers had been taken prisoner, and a greater number killed. this claim appears to be overstated as, according to soviet sources, the soviet garrison defending sevastopol totaled 106,000 men at the start of the siege plus 3,000 reinforcements during the attack. further, it is known that 25,157 persons were evacuated, the overwhelming majority either wounded soldiers or officers evacuated on stalin's orders.