Speaker. on June 14. 1940. 43 years ago. the Soviet Union forcibly occupied and incorporated the Baltic States of Latvia. Lithuania. and Estonia into the U.S.S.R. Before the conquest of these three nations. they had a short yet glorious period of independence. Latvia. Lithuania. and Estonia all declared their independence following World War I and enjoyed a democratic government. Under Stalin. tens of thousands of the Baltic peoples were killed and over a million were deported to slave labor camps. Many others were removed from their homelands because of the resistance to the subjugation or because of their political and religious views. The Baltic people were replaced by people from the Soviet empire.
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