User:Vecrumba/Assessment of Soviet occupation

Numerous countries: Baltic, Eastern European and others, contend their territory was occupied by the Soviet Union. This could be an event during the interwar (WWI-WWII) period, a direct legacy of Soviet WWII and post-war occupation actions or through subsequent interventions in the domestic affairs of other states, such as Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968. "Soviet" in this context pertains to both Bolshevist Russia and the succeeding Soviet Union.

Each country involved has declared its findings regarding its occupation. Some have attempted to make the act of occupation denial a crime. Some have taken punitive steps against broadcasters airing material which portrays the Soviets as liberating the Baltics or Eastern Europe.

Assessment of Soviet occupation examines each country impacted during the period of:

as to:
 * November 7, 1917 &mdash; marked by the conclusion of the October revolution and declaration of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, until
 * December 21, 1991 &mdash; marked by the treaty ratification of the Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS, replacing the Soviet Union, confirming its dissolution,


 * official governmental position&mdash;statements, proclamations;
 * official governmental actions regarding their occupation by the USSR&mdash;examples include:
 * findings of officially appointed committees;
 * mandated school curricula;
 * successful or unsuccessful attempts to promulgate rules or laws regulating speech regarding the topic of Soviet occupation;
 * actions against broadcasters, for example, airing material which maintains the country was liberated by the Soviet Union;
 * sanctioning monuments, museums of the occupation, days of remembrance, etc.;
 * reputable evidence&mdash;scholarly sources, documenting basis in fact for Soviet presence being appropriately described as occupation;
 * official Soviet historiography&mdash;documented Soviet versions of events, often markedly different from scholarly sources;
 * official Russian Federation position&mdash;summary of the current Russian assessment of Soviet presence, actions, and intervention in the country in question as demonstrated in statements by the foreign ministry, parliamentary proclamations, and so forth. The Russian position is significant because Russia has deemed itself to be the legal successor to the Soviet Union. This position regarding said occupation may be:
 * dispute/disagree;
 * agree;
 * no decision, that is, Russia has issued official statements or documentary representations (e.g., affirmed treaty verbage) which reference events of a specific year or date but which are ambiguous regarding the issue of occupation; or
 * no official statements have been identified.


 * Statements by individuals or the media which differ with official positions, or which are not represented as an official statement even if in agreement with an official position, are outside the scope of this assessment.

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