The author of the book does not seek to give an exhaustive analysis of the period described in it, in the focus of his attention is a number of important aspects of the so-called "Baltic policy" of post-war Moscow. The greatest attention is paid to the Estonian SSR, but the context of the development of these events in Latvia and Lithuania is also taken into account. In his work, the author relies on documents still unknown from the archives of Russia and Estonia, as well as on the latest research and publications in this area.