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Chuck Grassley Condemns Putin's Abduction of Ukrainian Children, Cites Soviet History

Forbes Breaking NewsApril 7, 20254 min1,178 views
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Historical Parallels of Soviet Deportations

  • 🗓️ On this day in 1949, the Russian Soviet regime deported 95,000 people, primarily women and children, to Siberia from the Baltic countries.
  • ⚖️ During Stalin's rule, over 220,000 innocent people were deported, not including those sent to Gulag camps.
  • 🎯 The Soviet goal was to crush civil society and eliminate national identity in newly occupied areas, replacing it with a Soviet Russian identity.

Resilience of Baltic Nations

  • 🕯️ The Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) observed this day by lighting candles in memory of the deported.
  • 🇺🇸 The United States never recognized the illegal Soviet occupation of these Baltic states.
  • 🔥 The people of the Baltic countries kept the
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