[kbart]

"That's a good point, I don't actually know any Lithuanian artists or writers that have been deported."

I can't find source in English, but it's a well known fact taught in school in Lithuania. You can find it in on Lithuanian Wikipedia page[0], that states: "Iš viso sovietų valdžios buvo įkalintas ar deportuotas 81 lietuvių rašytojas."

My translation: "a total of 81 Lithuanian writers were imprisoned or deported by Soviet government".

To name few, well-known writers: Antanas Miškinis, Kazys Boruta, Kazys Jakubėnas. Of course, officially they received some formal accusations. Other writers were forced to write pieces glorifying Lenin, Stalin, Soviet Union and their heroes or be imprisoned/deported too. Some obeyed to avoid ill fate.

0. https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lietuvi%C5%B3_literat%C5%ABra

[nj923f]

Thanks for the information.

> Of course, officially they received some formal accusations.

Well, according to Lithuanian wikipedia, Antanas Miškinis has been a member of partisan movement, which can't really be dismissed as "formal accusation". More interestingly both Kazys Boruta and Kazys Jakubėnas have been imprisoned multiple times during the Lithuanian independence for political reasons. Kazys Boruta even has been exiled for both Lithuania and Latvia! I guess he haven't been sent to Siberia only because neither of Lithuania or Latvia had their own Siberia.

Am I again being nitpicky? Is it only bad when Soviets do it?