Sovietization of the Baltic states

The Sovietization of the Baltic states is the sovietization of all spheres of life in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania when they were under control of the Soviet Union. The first period deals with the occupation from June 1940 to July 1941, followed by the German occupation during World War II. The second period of occupation covers 1944, when the Soviet forces pushed the Germans out, until the end of the Soviet occupation in 1991, when the three countries restored full independence.

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