In the face of the country being re-occupied by the Red Army, tens of thousands of Estonians (including a majority of the education, culture, science, political and social specialists) chose to either retreat with the Germans or flee to Finland or Sweden where they sought refuge in other western countries, often by refugee ships such as the SS Walnut. On 12 January 1949, the Soviet Council of Ministers issued a decree "on the expulsion and deportation" from Baltic states of "all kulaks and their families, the families of bandits and nationalists", and others.
స్థానిక ఎస్టోనియన్లను తొలగించడానికి సోవియట్ మంత్రిమండలి ఏ తేదీన ఒక ప్రకటన జారీ చేసింది?
12 January 1949