Many people with a strong heritage are raising their voices again in a desire to reassert their peoplehood. Only those who have preserved their language. faith. institutions and ethnicity will be able to do this successfully. The Lithuanian community has so far exhibited a strong ability to do just that. The rule of the Soviet Union has been unyielding upon the Lithuanian homeland. Stringent efforts have been made to eradicate every vestige of the Lithuanian consciousness and nationhood. Millions of people have been deported. Language study and practice of religious faith has been limited severely. A program of Russificatlon has been imposed in the Baltic area from the early days of Stalin.
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