The three republics also entered the League of Nations. thereby gaining official international recognition as autonomous republics. During the many years of Russian occupation. the czars tried unsuccessfully to Russify the Baltic States. Their stern measures included the deportation of thousands of Balts. the elimination of books and of the publishing of books written in the native languages. and the attempted conversion of the Catholic Lithuanians and the Protestant Latvians and Estonians to the Russian Orthodox faith. In discussing these measures. we need to understand the importance of such changes on these countriescountries that pride themselves on their cultures. especially their languages. None of the three. distinct.
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