Latvia. and Estonia. Each one had its own culture. national identity. and traditions. By invading these clearly independent states. the Soviet Union violated the Helsinki Final Act. an agreement it had voluntarily signed. Throughout the illegal incorporation into the Soviet Union. the people of Lithuania. Latvia. and Estonia have endured great hardship. Over 600.000 Baltic people were deported to gulags in Siberia and elsewhere. The Soviets stripped the Baltic people of a great part of their cultural. religious. and national traditions through their deliberate policy of russification. The Soviet Union attempted to cut over 5 million people off from their cultural heritage.
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