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Прибой
Flags with black tassels hang in heavy snow today, fifty-nine years after Operation Прибой—“the Surf.” The document at left is a report by Major General Spasenko, dated 31 March 1949, on the success of the operation: from 25 March to 30 March 1949, 30 629 families were deported from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—a total of 90 844 persons, comprising 24 630 men, 40 688 women, and 25 526 children.
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In sheer numbers, however, 41 084 ethnic Latvians, 772 Russians, 4 Germans, and 1114 others were deported in 1949. ...
Also, see 25 March Latvijas Avize.
