In 1940. the Soviet Army marched into the Baltic States. They effectively sealed the Baltic nations off from the eyes of the West. They formed puppet regimes and insured that the legislatures were completely dominated by members of the Communist Party. They petitioned the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. to incorporate each Baltic republic into the Soviet Union. The Soviets then began a systematic campaign of violence against the population of these nations. Over 655.000 Estonians. Latvians. and Lithuanians were deported to Siberia. Thousands were executed. The Kremlin quickly settled large numbers of people of Russian stock in the Baltic States to strengthen their control of the area.
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