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    Baltic states

    Three countries east of the Baltic Sea: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

    The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All three countries are members of NATO, the European Union, the Eurozone, Council of Europe, and the OECD. The three sovereign states on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea are sometimes referred to as the "Baltic nations", less often and in historical circumstances also as the "Baltic republics", the "Baltic lands", or simply the Baltics. The term Balticum is sometimes used to describe the region comprising the three states. All three Baltic countries are classified as high-income economies by the World Bank and maintain a very high Human Development Index. The three governments engage in intergovernmental and parliamentary cooperation. There is also frequent cooperation in foreign and security policy, defence, energy, and transportation. Wikipedia

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  2. britannica.com

    Jan 17, 2025Baltic states, northeastern region of Europe containing the countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea. ... This article covers the history of the region from antiquity to the post-Soviet period. Additional information on the region's physical and human geography can be found in the article Europe.
    • Independence and The 20th Century

      Baltic states - Independence, 20th Century, Sovereignty: The collapse of the German and Russian empires during World War I allowed the Baltic peoples to establish independent states. The road to independence was similar in all three. In November 1917, at the time of the Bolshevik Revolution in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), all of Lithuania and most of Latvia were under German military ...

    • Soviet Occupation

      Baltic states - Soviet Occupation, Independence, History: While the war in the west remained uncertain, the Soviets observed strictly the limits of their bases and concentrated their attacks on Finland, which had also been assigned to the Soviet sphere of influence but had refused to sign a pact of mutual assistance. The fall of France altered the situation. On the day that Paris fell, June 15 ...

    • The Early Modern Age

      Baltic states - Hanseatic League, Reformation, Nationalism: During its first two centuries Lithuania's political union with Poland consisted of a loose alliance based on a joint ruler. On July 1, 1569, the purely personal union was refashioned by a joint parliament meeting in Lublin into a Commonwealth of Two Peoples. While the state entity thereafter had a common elected sovereign and a ...

    • Soviet Republics

      Baltic states - Soviet Republics, Independence, Geography: 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 ...

    • Independent Statehood

      Baltic states - Independence, Sovereignty, Geography: After achieving independence, the Baltic countries faced the need of political and socioeconomic restructuring. Radically parliamentarian constitutions were adopted in all three; the legislatures clearly predominated over the executive. In Estonia a single-chamber parliament (Riigikogu) was elected under a system of proportional representation.

  3. en.wikipedia.org

    The Baltic states [a] or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.All three countries are members of NATO, the European Union, the Eurozone, Council of Europe, and the OECD.The three sovereign states on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea are sometimes referred to as the "Baltic nations", less often and in historical circumstances also as the ...
  4. britannica.com

    Other articles where history of Baltic States is discussed: Baltic states: Prehistory to the 18th century: In prehistoric times Finno-Ugric tribes inhabited a long belt stretching across northern Europe from the Urals through northern Scandinavia, reaching south to present-day Latvia. The predecessors of the modern Balts bordered them along a belt to the south, stretching west…
  5. Learn about the history of the Baltic states from the Hoover Institution Archives, which collects documents and artifacts on Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Explore the challenges and changes they faced from World War I to the present day.
  6. exhibits.stanford.edu

    The Baltic Video Archive of Stanford Libraries consists of four oral history collections, each of which tells the story of the Baltic countries through personal video testimonies. The testimonies touch on the Second World War and the Nazi and Soviet occupations and repression in the Baltic region, as well as the stories of Baltic refugees.
  7. britannica.com

    Jan 17, 2025Baltic states - Hanseatic League, Reformation, Nationalism: During its first two centuries Lithuania's political union with Poland consisted of a loose alliance based on a joint ruler. On July 1, 1569, the purely personal union was refashioned by a joint parliament meeting in Lublin into a Commonwealth of Two Peoples. While the state entity thereafter had a common elected sovereign and a ...
  8. assets.cambridge.org

    A comprehensive survey of the history of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania from the ninth century to the present, focusing on their location, identity, and sovereignty in Europe. The book covers the region's political, cultural, and social developments, as well as its relations with Russia, Poland, Germany, and the Soviet Union.
  9. cambridge.org

    'A masterful survey of the history of the eastern Baltic littoral by one of the leading authorities in the field. Plakans' book provides the most accessible account to date of the rise of modern nationhood and of the commonalities of fate that have bound the peoples of the region during the modern era.
  10. connollycove.com

    Oct 16, 2024The Baltic States have a complex history of resistance to foreign domination, marked by both civilian-based and armed efforts to achieve and maintain national independence. Civilian-Based and Armed Resistance. From 1940 to 1991, the Baltic peoples endured occupation by the Soviet Union. Throughout this period, they demonstrated a staunch spirit ...
  11. odysseytraveller.com

    History of the Baltic States. The term "Baltic states"-used to describe the countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania-is a geopolitical term, a shorthand to group together these three Northern European sovereign states. But though the three Baltic states do not form an official union, they were once entwined in a chaotic and dramatic ...
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