THE BALTIC STATES

Where are the Baltic States?

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This area includes Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, three democratic nations, new EU and NATO members, formerly occupied and annexed by the USSR.

All the three nations have significant Russian-speaking diasporas, the fact causing constant tensions with the government of Russian Federation.

Latvia and Estonia still have unresolved territorial disputes with Russia going back to the end of World War II. Lithuania had territorial dispute with Poland nowadays completely resolved

ETHNIC MINORITIES OF LATVIA: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

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	ESTONIA LATVIA LITHUANIA

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All the basic information about Baltic-related territorial and inter-ethnic issues, can be found below in "Brief History" section:

Click  HERE for the BRIEF HISTORY OF THE AREA with historical maps and  illustrations

Estonia: Government, Parties & Media

http://www.politicalresources.net/estonia.htm

Latvia: Government, Parties & Media

http://www.politicalresources.net/latvia.htm

Lithuania: Government, Parties & Media

http://www.politicalresources.net/lithuania.htm

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SEE ALSO: POLAND

FINLAND

INGRIA

CRIMES OF COMMUNISM IN THE BALTIC STATES

LATVIAN FLOTILLA FIGHTING FOR THE ALLIES UNDER LATVIAN FLAG IN 1940-1945

THE FOREST BROTHERS

Scarcely known anti-imperialist fighters of the Baltic States (1944-1950)

THE BALTIC LEGIONNAIRES: WHY DID THEY PUT ON THAT UNIFORM?

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

Bremmer, Jan & Taras, Ray:  

New States, New Politics: Building the Post-Soviet Nations,

CambridgeUniversity Press, 1997

The Black Book of Communism, Harward University Press,  2000

Clemens, Walter C.:

The Baltic Transformed (New International Relations of Europe)

Rowman & Littlefield, 2000

Eksteins, Modris:  

Walking Since Daybreak,

Key Porter Books, 1999

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