page_title: Eastern European anti-Communist insurgencies
section_title: In the Baltic States
hierarchical_section_title: Eastern European anti-Communist insurgencies / In the Baltic States
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Ion Gavrilă-Ogoranu, jeune - Résistant anticommuniste roumain, région du nord des monts Făgăraș. English: Ion Gavrilă-Ogoranu, young - Romanian anticommunist resistant, area of Southern Făgăraș montains.
context_page_description: The Central and Eastern European anti-Communist insurgencies fought on after the official end of the Second World War against the Soviet Union and the communist states formed under Soviet occupation and support.
  Prominent movements include:
  The Ukrainian Insurgent Army fought until eradicated in 1956.
  The anti-Soviet Hungarian Revolution took place in 1956.
  Baltic partisans known as the "Forest Brothers" fought until eradicated in the early 1960s.
  Romanian anti-communist resistance movement fought until eradicated in 1962.
  Polish partisans known as the "Cursed soldiers" fought until eradicated in 1963.
  Bulgarian partisans known as "Goryani" fought until eradicated in the early 1960s.
  Croatian partisans known as "Crusaders" fought until eradicated in the early 1950s.
  Albanian partisans fought until eradicated in the early 1950s.
  Serbian partisans known as "Chetniks" fought until eradicated in the early 1950s.
  Slovenian partisans fought until eradicated in the early 1950s.
  Moldavian partisans fought until eradicated in the early 1950s.
  Some Russian White Movement members fought until eradicated in the 1960s.
  Belarusian partisans fought until eradicated in the early 1950s.
context_section_description: The Forest Brothers (also: Brothers of the Forest, Forest Brethren; Forest Brotherhood; Estonian: metsavennad, Latvian: meža brāļi, Lithuanian: miško broliai) were Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian partisans who waged guerrilla warfare against Soviet rule during the Soviet invasion and occupation of the three Baltic states during, and after, World War II. 
  The Soviet Army occupied the independent Baltic states in 1940–1941 and, after a period of German occupation, again in 1944–1945. As Stalinist repression intensified over the following years, 50,000 residents of these countries used the heavily forested countryside as a natural refuge and base for armed anti-Soviet resistance.
  Resistance units varied in size and composition, ranging from individually operating guerrillas, armed primarily for self-defense, to large and well-organized groups able to engage significant Soviet forces in battle.
caption: Ion Gavrila Ogoranu, leader of Fagaras resistance movement
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