The Soviet officials said that the pact had no effect on the three Baltic states joining the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, a chain reaction had already started in those republics.

The Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which had been independent between the two world wars, were annexed by the Kremlin in June of 1940, during the dramatic days when Paris fell to the ...

Baltic states blast Walmart over Soviet-themed shirts Lithiuanian envoy to US calls on retail giant to remove merchandise ‘with the symbols of mass murder’ from its online store ...

The Soviet Trains That Sidetracked the Baltic States Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were isolated from Europe, but now there is a light at the end of the tunnel. November 15, 2024, 2:30 PM ...

The foreign ministers of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have responded to the recent remarks made by Lu Shaye, China’s ambassador to France, who called the sovereignty of the former Soviet republics ...

Under the Soviet Union, which occupied the Baltics after World War II until 1991, the native religions were suppressed along with nationalist sentiment. The Baltic states, lower right, on the ...

The three Baltic countries, which together have a 1,633-kilometer-long (1,015-mile) border with Russia and Belarus, informed Moscow and Minsk of the disconnection plan in 2024 to head off any ...

A screen near the Energy Museum and Mindaugas Bridge indicates that on February 8 the Baltic States will disconnect from the Russian electricity grid to synchronise with Continental Europe, in ...