The legislatures. completely dominated by members of the Communist Party. petitioned the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R to incorporate each Baltic Republic into the Soviet Union. As soon as the Soviet troops arrived. and the incorporation was declared. the troops began a systematic campaign of violence against the population of these nations. They needed to totally eliminate any opposition to the new order. Over 665.000 Estonians. Lithuanians. and Latvians were deported to Siberia. Thousands died in Soviet concentration camps. The Kremlin settled large numbers of people of Russian stock in Estonia and in other Baltic States to strengthen their control of the area.
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