Conducting elections to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in the Baltic republics and Moldova (1941)

An election poster on the wall of a building in Kaunas during the by-elections to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on January 12, 1941. A view of the main street of Kaunas, a red flag above one of the buildings (top).

An election poster on the wall of a building in Kaunas during the by-election to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on January 12, 1941. A view of Kaunas's main street, with a red flag over one of the buildings (top).

A bus drives down the street.

Portraits of V.I. Lenin and I.V. Stalin hang above the entrance to a polling station.

An election slogan hangs above a factory entrance (panorama).

An election poster.

City residents march to the polls in an organized column, led by a brass band.

A portrait of Stalin holding a little girl leads the column; people carry red banners and placards with slogans in Lithuanian.

Faces of people passing by.

A column of voters approaches polling station No. 23; Stalin's portrait hangs above the entrance.

Receiving ballots.

Receiving ballots.

Voting at a polling station.

Voters receive ballots.

People take turns casting ballots into the ballot box.

Members of the electoral commission at work.

Receiving ballots.

Voting at a polling station.

Young women's faces.

Voting at a polling station in the Lithuanian SSR, people cast ballots into the ballot box.

An election poster and the entrance to polling station No. 47/21 in Riga.

Banners with election slogans on the wall of a building.

Residents of Riga enter the doors of the polling station.

Residents of Riga enter the polling station on January 12, 1941. An elderly couple heads to the polling station.

Ballots are being handed out to citizens.

People enter the voting booths.

Voters drop their ballots into ballot boxes.

The wall clock shows 6:00 PM. Members of the electoral commission hand out ballots to citizens.

Portraits of Stalin, Marx, and Engels hang on the wall of the polling station.

The wall clock shows 6:00 PM. People enter the polling station; members of the electoral commission hand out ballots to citizens.

Portraits of Stalin, Marx, and Engels hang on the wall of the polling station.

Voting at one of the polling stations.

People dance in the street in front of one of the polling stations.

A view of part of the square near St.

Nicholas Church (Niguliste) in Tallinn.

Portraits of Soviet leaders and posters with election slogans on the streets and squares of Tallinn.

An election poster above the entrance to one of the polling stations in Tallinn.

Entrance to polling station No. 68. Interior view of the polling station (panorama).

Voters are handed ballots.

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR Johannes Barbarus votes at a polling station.

People cast ballots into the ballot box.

A tram with election slogans passes along a street in Chisinau on January 12, 1941. Chisinau residents stand at a stand with portraits of Communist Bloc candidates.

People are heading to a polling station.

Citizens are handing out ballots.

People are entering voting booths.

Ballots are being cast.

Chisinau residents in national costumes are dancing at a tram stop.