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E.von KUEHNELT-LEDDIHN

IT was inevitable that events in Poland should produce repercussions in the Baltic Republics incorporated into the USSR. This is especially true of Estonia, where highschool students have staged demonstrations against the Kremlin’s steady push for “Russification,” a process made easier by the low birthrates of both the Estonians and their southern neighbors, the Latvians. A group of Estonian intellectuals have even dared sign a resolution expressing their solidarity with the rioting students and repeating their grievances against Moscow. Late last year there were also strikes in some Estonian factories, another index of the political tension in this ethnic enclave of slightly over one million.

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E.von KUEHNELT-LEDDIHN

IT was inevitable that events in Poland should produce repercussions in the Baltic Republics incorporated into the USSR. This is especially true of Estonia, where highschool students have staged demonstrations against the Kremlin’s steady push for “Russification,” a process made easier by the low birthrates of both the Estonians and their southern neighbors, the Latvians. A group of Estonian intellectuals have even dared sign a resolution expressing their solidarity with the rioting students and repeating their grievances against Moscow. Late last year there were also strikes in some Estonian factories, another index of the political tension in this ethnic enclave of slightly over one million.