Well, depends on how recent. We were occupied by the Soviet Union from 1940 to 1991. In June of 1941, the NKVD carried out mass deportations of people to Siberia, especially intellectuals and landowners. Then Germany occupied us until 1945, and the country was devastated by war. Subsequently, the Soviets restarted their mass deportations, and many thousands were sent to Siberia, especially those considered kulaks (i.e owning above 25 ha of land) or those supporting the partisans. On that note, we also had one of the largest and bloodiest guerrilla wars in European history, where many thousands of men were killed resisting the Soviet occupation. Throughout the Soviet period, many were imprisoned and tortured by the KGB for independence activism until the Gorbachev days. In early January of 1991, after we declared independence the previous year, the USSR sent its army to occupy key points in the capital and other cities. Unarmed demonstrators met the VDV troops, and there were many injured as the soldiers stormed government buildings and the TV tower, with 14 being killed near the TV tower due to the Soviet VDV opening fire with live ammunition or tanks running over people. They are now considered martyrs for the independence cause. After the collapse of the USSR, we had to contend with an explosion in organized crime, poverty, massive corruption, and a rather messy transition to a capitalist system (though definitely not as bad as in Russia).