Ein Rinkevics wurde in der UdSSR geboren! Wie Wikipedia die Biografien der Bewohner der baltischen Staaten verändert
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Von WillyNilly1997
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>In the case of Estonia, one Wikipedia user changed the birthplaces of nearly 600 people in English-language articles, indicating that they were born in the Estonian SSR, Soviet Union. In one instance, such edits were made for more than 21 consecutive hours, and the user characterized them as a „correction“ of Estonia’s history. This was reported by the Estonian National Broadcasting Company ERR, citing a study by journalist Ronalds Līves. The Lithuanian publication Lrytas reported similar actions, resulting in several politicians having their place of birth changed to the Lithuanian SSR. This specifically affected President Gitanas Nausėda and former President Dalia Grybauskaitė. Considering these reports, disinformation researcher Anete Berzkalne from Latvijas Radio checked whether similar changes had been made to the biographies of well-known people in Latvia and found that Latvia was also not left out.
I don’t see any sign of the „Russian narrative“ here. Unfortunately, Baltic states were not independent countries from 1945 to 1990. They were occupied by force and against their will, but they were still occupied, and legally recognized as part of USSR by essentially every country apart from themselves. Being part of USSR sadly is a part of their history. Claiming that Baltic people born in 1945–1990 were born in independent Baltic countries is simply not factually correct, and sounds like an attempt to erase the soviet era from Baltic history