In the 19th century. the Russian masters of Lithuania made an attempt to crush the spirit of the Lithuanian people. to stamp out their distinct culture and language. and to impose the established church of the Russian empire on the Roman Catholic Lithuanians. The new Soviet masters of Lithuania have picked up where their tsarist predecessors left off. Their methods. however. have been even more cruel. Their means have been those of 20th century totalitarianism. Lithuanians seeking to practice their faith have been constantly persecuted. Those who have sought to resist have been summarily executed or deported. Great pressure has been placed on teachers. officials. and judges to propagate the Soviet creed. Farmers resisting collectivization have been forcibly ejected from their lands.
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