Baltic States Freedom Day. which is observed annually on June 15. marks the 28th anniversary of a tragic event in the history of Lithuania. Latvia. and Estonia. Between June 14 and June 17. 1940. the Russians overran these three countries. which had maintained free and independent governments since 1920. and brutally conducted a mass deportation to Siberia causing the death of tens of thousands of innocent people. Today. the Baltic States remain under the domination of Soviet Russia. In 1922 the United States extended full diplomatic recognition to the Baltic States. and despite Soviet domination. continues to maintain this recognition of their sovereignty.
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