Russia interrupted this liberty and peace with an invasion and occupation. ending the independent progress of the Balkan States. Largescale arrests and imprisonment of leaders and ablebodied men began immediately. Within a few days. centering around June 14. 1941. some 10.000 Estonians. 15.000 Latvians. and 34.000 Lithuanians were deported to the Soviet Far East. Only the Nazi attack brought a temporary halt to the Russian cruelty. For over a quarter of a century. Soviet troops and secret police have harassed the captive nations. continuing their systematic murder and deportation. It might be assumed that by now the people of the Baltic nations would be ready to accept their fate. Yet they persisted in their attempts to throw off the yoke of communism.
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