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Why did *many* fewer ethnic Russians move to the Lithuanian SSR in Soviet times in comparison to both the Latvian SSR and the Estonian SSR?
That makes sense. What about the political climate in Lithuania during Soviet times? Did that play a role in the lower numbers of Russian migrants?
It is possible that the political climate in Lithuania made it less welcoming to Russian migrants compared to Latvia and Estonia. Lithuania was seen as having a more nationalist and anti-Russian sentiment, which may have deterred some Russians from moving there.