Twentytwo years of freedom had nurtured and entrenched Estonian attitudes. customs. and institutions. Seeking to present a facade of voluntary revolution to the outside world. the Soviet leaders used every conceivable means of force to expunge nationalism from Estonian life. Following the war. Estonians were subjected to severe and brutal pressures for Russification of their country. Midnight arrests. murder. and mass deportations were terroristic methods by which the Estonian country and its people were stripped of their nationalistic tendencies. Religious activity was curtailed and those participating were professionally condemned. The advanced. independent educational system. long the pride of the intellectual Estonian people. was completely revamped.
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