 Under early Soviet rule, deportations of locals to the northern Urals, to Siberia, and Kazakhstan occurred regularly throughout the Stalinist period, with the largest ones on 12–13 June 1941, and 5–6 July 1949, accounting for 19,000 and 35,000 deportees respectively (from MSSR alone).In 1940–1941, ca.90,000 inhabitants of the annexed territories were subject to political persecutions, such as arrests, deportations, or executions.