[viljar]

> People were happy

Russians - may be, All the other oppressed and occupied nations - no. Cant vouch for other but almost every Estonian secretly hoped for freedom and despised Russians. When our chance came we acted swiftly. Soviet Union was just another form of Russian Empire and a way to try to control the world.

[WeaselNo7]

This is a similar tale told by friends from Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia.

[egman_ekki]

However, for people in these countries it wasn't a tale. It was a harsh reality...