Lithuania. and Latvia. All private institutions were nationalized. farms were collectivized. and the wealth of the people became state property. The Soviets assumed control over the production and distribution of all goods and products. over all means of transportation. over communications. printing. and the press. Those who escaped deportation or prison were forbidden to leave their countries and were barred from all coastal towns and border areas. Religious liberties were trampled. native languages banned. cultures denigrated. Through the decades. the Soviets have been ruthless and relentless in their efforts to eradicate all traces of the Baltic States. They have failed.
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