The tragic events which followed are well known to many Members of this body. The Soviet Union incorporated these states into their growing empire of enslaved people. Mass deportations from the Baltic States to Siberia were initiated. Thousands were murdered. the land was depopulated. The German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 brought a temporary halt to Soviet plans but in 1944. when the Red Army had reoccupied these lands. the deportations continued. By 1959. it was estimated that the population of the Baltic States was onesixth below the prewar level. The Russian population in these lands. however. had increased dramatically as the Soviet leaders pursued a policy of colonization.
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