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...third floor, smashed doors and windows and dragged out about two dozen Lithuanian deserters who had been hiding in the ward. Some of the youths ; resisted, and were clubbed with rifle butts, leaving splashes of blood on the steps. The commander in chief of Soviet ground forces, General Valentin Varennikov, vowed that the army would round up all of the 1,500 Lithuanians who have fled its ranks over the past few months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Red Army Blues | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

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