<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Iphrothokholi eyimfihlo eyayikuMvumelwano kaMolotov-Ribbentrop ka-1939 phakathi kweJalimane neSoviet Union yayibeke i-Estonia, iLatvia neLithuania ngaphansi kwethonya leSoviet. Ngasekupheleni kuka-1939 nasekuqaleni kuka-1940, iSoviet Union yakhipha uchungechunge lwezicelo ezinqala kohulumeni baseBaltic okwagcina kuholele ekuhlanganisweni okungekho emthethweni kwamazwe. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, iSoviet Union yayibeka ingcindezi efanayo  <response>: eFinland. Amabutho aseSoviet angaba ngu - 30 000 angena emazweni aseBaltic ngo - June 1940, kwalandelwa ukuboshwa kwabaholi bawo nezakhamuzi. 