Talk:Baltic states under Soviet rule (1944–1991)

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Scope and title[edit]

Personally this would be better served as "Baltic states in the Soviet era (1940–1941, 1944–1991)" as "rule" implies loss of sovereignty and a legitimate governing by the USSR. It also artificially bifurcates the continuing policy by the USSR of mass deportations and other acts of oppression taken against Baltic nationals of all ethnic backgrounds.

In Latvian the period is often referred to as "Padomju laiki," which directly translates into "Soviet era." PЄTЄRS J V ►TALK 21:40, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, perhaps there is reason enough to include the most common Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian terms for the era. In Estonian it would be Nõukogude aeg ("Soviet time"). H2ppyme (talk) 14:40, 15 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Haven't looked here in quite a while. I suspect the correct "under Soviet occupation" might raise some ire, "era" is certainly better than "rule". Let's see if anyone comments... VєсrumЬа ►TALK 23:20, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Missing/poor quality citations[edit]

Throughout the article there are unsourced inferences and analysis of the facts given, and where citations are present they're often too broad. It's also of note that of the 35 sources cited, 29 are different pages from a single book. More citations and a greater diversity of sources would be useful for the page. Bluegadget04 (talk) 16:26, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]