Written by James H. Bater Last Updated  Baltic states  Article
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republics  Postwar political, industrial, and agricultural
policies wrought fundamental changes in the economic and social
structures of the Baltic lands. Their economies were integrated
into the general Soviet system of planning and development.
Considerable increases in production resulted from heavy
investment in large projects in Estonia and Latvia.
Industrialization and urbanization in less-developed Lithuania
began during the late 1950s. Living standards remained generally
low by European measures but were higher than average in
comparison with the U.S.S.R. as a whole.  After regaining
control the Soviets resumed the integration of the Baltic lands
into the U.S.S.R. The political structures that had been
fashioned in 1940–41 were reestablished. A considerable number
of nonindigenous officials, unfamiliar with the societies of the
region, were brought in to consolidate Soviet rule and t