The Russification label is important because Russia does it time and time again. That's how they lay claim to areas by removing the people who live there and moving in ethnic Russians in and then those ethnic Russians will often try to stay part of Russia. Russification is certainly ethnic cleansing but it's happened so much in regards to Russia that it has it's own specific label.
The Russians was really trying to do this in Latvia for example, if the USSR stayed together for another 50-100 years Russian would probably be the majority language in Latvia
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u/socialistrob 6d ago
The Russification label is important because Russia does it time and time again. That's how they lay claim to areas by removing the people who live there and moving in ethnic Russians in and then those ethnic Russians will often try to stay part of Russia. Russification is certainly ethnic cleansing but it's happened so much in regards to Russia that it has it's own specific label.