{"id":143764,"date":"2021-06-14T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T08:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=143764"},"modified":"2021-06-24T11:49:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T08:49:02","slug":"mass-deportations-in-the-baltic-states-by-the-soviet-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/mass-deportations-in-the-baltic-states-by-the-soviet-union","title":{"rendered":"Mass Deportations in the Baltic States by the Soviet Union"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/June-14.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1880\" height=\"1576\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1880 1576'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/June-14.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-143765\" 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people were deported to the Soviet Far East without trials in whole families (check the infographic below for the breakdown by countries).<\/li><li>The month of June also marks deportations from the territories of other countries occupied by the Soviet regime: Poland (mostly present-day West Belarus and western Ukraine) and Moldova.\u00a0<\/li><li>Mass deportations were an integral part of the Soviet system, taking various forms, from the removal of the so-called \u201canti-Soviet\u201d elements to deportations of entire nationalities.<\/li><li>Overall, the total number of victims of different forms of Soviet repression in the years 1940\/1941 is estimated at 34,000 in Latvia, 60,000 in Estonia, and 75,000* in Lithuania.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>*The numbers are estimated. <a 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