Following the signing of the MolotovRibbentrop pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. the occupation of Soviet troops soon crushed the efforts of Latvian. to rebuild their own country. In defiance of international law. Moscow then de. clared Latvia a Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1944 more than 200.000 Latvians and Estonians were deported from the Baltic nations to the Soviet Union. Since this time the Soviets. using such incentives as Job opportunities and better standard of living. have attempted to dismantle Latvian culture by encouraging Slavs to immigrate to Latvia. This has resulted in a significant decrease in the number of Latvians as a percentage of the total population. In some urban areas.
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