Estonia. Latvia. and Lithuania lost their freedom when they were. in accord with a NaziSoviet pact. allocated to the U.S.S.R. Tens of thousands of the Baltic peoples were killed and over 1 million were deported to slave labor camps. Many others were removed from their homelands because of their resistance to the subjugation or because of their political and religious views. As the Estonians. Latvians. and Lithuanians were deported. they were replaced by peoples from other areas of the Soviet empire. This exchange of populations has substantially altered the ethnic composition of the Baltic nations. In this way. the Russian rulers hoped to destroy the national identity of the Baltic peoples.
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