Did Russian settlers in Latvia and Estonia form a non-Soviet identity during the Diaspora of the USSR?

Throughout Eastern Europe, across the Caucasus and as far away as the old silk roads of Central Asia we still see the former Soviet republics struggling to establish themselves as part of the world community. The break up of the USSR left a trail of confusion and dismay as newly independent countries were forced to realise their own national identity. But this was not the only legacy of mother Russia. During the Soviet years millions …showed first 75 words of 1226 total…

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