Estonia was an independent country until 1939 when Stalin and Hitler signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact that had a secret clause dividing Europe between the two nations. Soviet troops soon occupied Estonia as a result of this pact. After the Soviet troops invaded Estonia there was one Soviet solider for about how many Estonians?

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Addison Richard

26 May, 18:43

Estonia was an independent country until 1939 when Stalin and Hitler signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact that had a secret clause dividing Europe between the two nations. Soviet troops soon occupied Estonia as a result of this pact. After the Soviet troops invaded Estonia there was one Soviet solider for about how many Estonians?

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Lilliana Rowland · Answer 1

There were about 12 estonians citizens for every soviet soldier

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The Soviet Union invaded Estonia with around 100,000 soldiers, and by the time, the population of Estonia was around 1,200,000.

the Soviet Union immediately launched fraudulent elections where all the candidates were communists, then, Estonia was declared a soviet republic and join the Soviet Union. Opposition, intellectuals, and other noteworthy people were either executed, sent to gulags, or allowed to stay under strict surveillance.