Latvia, Riga – Mourning day – day of remembrance for victims of Communist terror

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Published 2015-06-14
It is on this day because it was on June 14, 1941 that the Soviets began mass deportation of tens of thousands of Latvians Estonians and Lithuanians to Siberia and the gulags after Soviets invaded Latvia Estonia and Lithuania (neutral democratic coutnries) a year before Nazi germany did it. Also some were shot on spot. It is known as Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.