Anubis189: "TODAY I SPOKE LATISCH", a sign of disgrace hanging on pupils in Latvia who, in their native land, speak in their native language in the times of the forced Russianization of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century in imperial barbarian Russia. The native language was banned not only at school but also on the street, in the shop, at the station. The exhibition is at the Latvian National-Historical Museum in Riga. The policy of forced Russianization in the Russian Empire covers many lands and peoples. Among them are also Poles, Finns, Estonians, Lithuanians, Ukrainians and others. The most successful is in Belarus and, of course, today's Russia itself. Lithuania is freed from Russian oppression after the end of the First World War. There followed a war of independence with the Bolshevik hordes in 1918-1919, which the Lithuanians earned. In 1920, the state was recognized by the international community. Moscow re-invested Lithuania in 1940, along with other Baltic states, when Europe divided with the Nazis (Molotov-Ribbentrop pact of 1939). The most black period in Lithuanian history begins. On June 15, 1941, a massive deportation began. 23 000 Lithuanians were arrested and killed in days until June 22, when Germany attacked the USSR. Still Unfinished World War II Moscow is starting a new series of violence. In 1944, more than 120,000 Lithuanians were deported (30 per cent perished), 180,000 were arrested and jailed. Altogether Lithuanians detained in prisons and camps are over 50,000 in the years until 1953 when Stalin died. During this time the policy of rusification was re-energized. Lithuanian territory has been settled by Russians. Such is the policy of the USSR and, in the rest, states of the Baltic States, Ukraine, the Caucasus and others. Khrushchev condemned Stalin's repression and promised a return to the deportees. In fact, in Khrushchev's time, the policy of rusification, mostly driven through the education system, has been intensified. The return of deportees turns out to be impossible for many. For example, finding a home and working back home was very difficult for someone who had already been tagged with a regime chase. After the collapse of the USSR, Lithuania embarked on a policy of de-rusement, causing Kremlin's outrageous outbursts, but no remorse.

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