▁aware ▁of ▁the ▁ag gress ive ▁powers ▁to ▁both ▁its ▁east ▁and ▁west , ▁Soviet ▁forces ▁began ▁to ▁en force ▁the ▁secret ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁Mol ot ov – R ib b ent rop ▁P act ▁on ▁its ▁neighb ours , ▁an nex ing : ▁Est onia ; ▁Lith u ania , ; ▁B ess arab ia ; ▁Northern ▁B uk ov ina ; ▁and ▁the ▁H ert za ▁region . ▁On ▁the ▁ 1 4 / 1 5 ▁June ▁ 1 9 4 0 , ▁Red ▁Army ▁unit ▁inv aded ▁the ▁Russian / Lat v ian ▁Mas ļ en ki ▁border ▁point , ▁allowing ▁Soviet ▁tank ▁units ▁to ▁in va de ▁and ▁occup y ▁R iga ▁on ▁June ▁ 1 7 . ▁ ▁D ismiss ed ▁by ▁the ▁Soviet ▁occupation ▁forces ▁from ▁his ▁work ▁at ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Social ▁Affairs , ▁as ▁they ▁formed ▁the ▁Lat v ian ▁Soviet ▁Social ist ▁Republic ▁( L PS R ), ▁Leon ids ▁and ▁Anna ▁like ▁many ▁Lat vi ans ▁began ▁a ▁life ▁of ▁hard ship ▁between ▁occas ional ▁hard ▁but ▁low ▁pay ing ▁work . ▁They ▁initially ▁worked ▁in ▁the ▁rep atri ation ▁of ▁Balt ic ▁Germ ans ▁to ▁Germany , ▁but ▁after ▁that ▁worked ▁manually ▁in ▁construction ▁and ▁far ming . ▁ ▁Bre ik š s ▁also ▁continued ▁writing , ▁compos ing ▁the ▁poem ▁" Lat v ian ' s ▁cre ed " ▁during ▁this ▁period ▁and ▁planning ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁his ▁third ▁poetry ▁book . ▁But ▁a ▁public ▁profile ▁as ▁a ▁noted ▁national