• Relevant events began regarding the Baltic states and the Soviet Union when, following Bolshevist Russia's conflict with the Baltic states-Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia-several peace treaties were signed with Russia and its successor, the Soviet Union. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Soviet Union also confirmed that it would adhere to the Kellogg-Briand Pact with regard to its neighbors, including Estonia and Latvia, and entered into a convention defining "aggression" that included all three Baltic countries. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1939, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany entered the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which included secret protocols dividing eastern Europe into "spheres of influence", with Latvia and Estonia falling within the Soviets' sphere. (wikipedia.org)
  • Estonia, Treaty of Tartu on 2 February 1920 Lithuania, Soviet-Lithuanian Peace Treaty on 12 July 1920 Latvia, Treaty of Riga on 11 August 1920 In these treaties, Bolshevist Russia renounced "for eternity" all sovereign rights over these three peoples and territories which formerly belonged to Russia. (wikipedia.org)
  • Subsequently, at the initiative of the Soviet Union, additional non-aggression treaties were concluded with all three Baltic States: Lithuania, on September 28, 1926 Latvia, on February 5, 1932 Estonia, on May 4, 1932 The contracting parties undertook to refrain from acts of aggression against one another, and from any acts of violence directed against the territorial integrity and inviolability or the political independence of the other contracting party. (wikipedia.org)
  • Following this adoption, the Soviet Union signed a protocol confirming adherence to the terms of the Pact with its neighbors: Estonia, Latvia, Poland, and Romania on February 9, 1929. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Baltic Times is an independent monthly newspaper that covers latest political, economic, business, and cultural events in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. (baltictimes.com)
  • On the 23rd of August, 1939, Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed a non-aggression (Molotov-Ribbentrop) pact , whose secret protocols divided the territories belonging to Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Romania into Soviet and Nazi spheres of influence. (euvsdisinfo.eu)
  • The disinformation message appeared when Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania protested Moscow's plans to celebrate with fireworks the anniversary of Red Army re-capturing the Baltic States' capitals. (euvsdisinfo.eu)
  • An hour or so outside of Tallinn Estonia, along the coast of the Baltic Sea , lies an abandoned Soviet submarine base next to the village of Hara. (harasadam.ee)
  • The Hara Military Base was built by the Soviets between 1956 and 1958 and was used while they occupied Estonia until they fled in 1991 around the time of their independence. (harasadam.ee)
  • He also participated in the remarkable Baltic Chain, which was when three Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - demonstrated their solidarity in their quest for independence by forming a human chain on August 23, 1989. (harasadam.ee)
  • This article examines the russification policies imposed by the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union on the people of the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. (avim.org.tr)
  • The Baltic countries-Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania-were made into republics. (kyoto2.org)
  • Baltic states (1940-1991) Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania had been independent nations since 1918, when all three countries were occupied by the Red Army in June 1940 and formally annexed into the USSR in August 1940. (kyoto2.org)
  • This was followed by Soviet annexations of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and parts of Romania (Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and the Hertsa region). (kyoto2.org)
  • Estonia was annexed to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1940 to 1991. (kyoto2.org)
  • The Soviet Union subsequently annexed the Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as Moldova in 1940. (kyoto2.org)
  • 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 Germans, and became republics of the Soviet Union. (kyoto2.org)
  • From Moldova to Estonia, it would take Soviet forces several years to subdue anti-communist partisans. (eurozine.com)
  • Here are 5 good reasons to discover the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) during your next vacation. (evaneos.com)
  • Security chiefs in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fear the Kremlin has increased recruitment not only of 'assets' tasked with engaging in the classic spying activity of gathering sensitive information, but also possibly to lay the groundwork for sabotage and subversion and to assist in so-called 'Russian influence activities,' according to Baltic officials. (voanews.com)
  • They were also marking the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way mass demonstration, when about 2 million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania formed a human chain spanning about 680km across the three states in their push for independence from the Soviet Union in 1989. (scmp.com)
  • This thesis aims to discover how Baltic and Nordic regional identities are discussed in 448 speeches by the presidents of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania during 1991 - 2021, and how regional identities in these countries may have changed over time. (lu.se)
  • After Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania had joined both the EU and NATO, the need to promote a Central and Eastern European identity and cooperation is superseded by the wish to be associated with other regional identities, such as Baltic, Nordic or Western European. (lu.se)
  • The thesis thus aims to examine how Baltic and Nordic regional identities are discussed in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and if the regional identities of the three countries have changed throughout the period after regaining independence in 1991. (lu.se)
  • After World War II Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were under Soviet occupation until the 1990s, during which the Baltic population endured russification aimed at culturally "assimilating" the groups within the Soviet Union. (lu.se)
  • 5) The Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) used to be part of the Soviet Union. (lu.se)
  • The territories of Baltic states remained under Soviet control as Soviet Socialist Republics until 1991. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1922, the Russian SFSR, Ukraine SSR, Byelorussian SSR and Transcaucasian SFSR were officially merged as republics creating the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or Soviet Union. (wikipedia.org)
  • The immediate post-war period in Europe was dominated by the Soviet Union annexing, or converting into Soviet Socialist Republics, all the countries invaded and annexed by the Red Army driving the Germans out of central and eastern Europe. (kyoto2.org)
  • After joining the Soviet Union as part of the Transcaucasian SSR, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia became separate union republics in 1936. (kyoto2.org)
  • Victory Day salutes were fired not just in the 'Hero Cities' (Leningrad, Odessa, Sevastopol, Stalingrad) and sometimes the capitals of the republics, but also in Kaliningrad and Lviv, capitals of frontier regions incorporated into the Soviet Union during the Second World War. (eurozine.com)
  • All three Baltic states were among the first of 15 Soviet republics to declare independence. (voanews.com)
  • People in the Baltic states, now republics of the Soviet Union, formed a chain , holding hands from Tallinn to Vilnius to protest the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. (balloon-juice.com)
  • Lithuania had declared independence in March 1990, and several other Soviet republics were moving toward independence. (balloon-juice.com)
  • Gorbachev was considering liberalizing the Soviet constitution to allow more freedom to the republics. (balloon-juice.com)
  • New York Times , BBC , Association for Diplomatic Studies ) Through the next months, other republics declared independence, and finally, on December 25, the Soviet Union was formally dissolved. (balloon-juice.com)
  • By the end of 1991, the remaining Soviet republics had all formed independent nations. (gradesaver.com)
  • Kristian Gerner, a Soviet affairs specialist at the University of Lund in Sweden, says it is too early to say whether Pugo's jump from the KGB to the leadership of the Latvian party was the start of a trend in the non-Russian Soviet republics. (csmonitor.com)
  • This is the case with all three Baltic republics, Armenia, and the Ukraine. (csmonitor.com)
  • A country located from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean and, for a time including 15 Soviet Socialist Republics. (bvsalud.org)
  • In June 1940, the Soviet Union invaded the Baltic countries and annexed those countries as the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic and Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic. (wikipedia.org)
  • Shortly after the pact was signed, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany on 1 September and by Soviets on 17 September in 1939, followed by the Soviet aggression against Finland, and in June 1940 - occupation of the Baltic States and part of Romania. (euvsdisinfo.eu)
  • The annihilation of Belarus's sovereignty bears a resemblance to the history of the Baltic countries in 1939-1940, but there are also differences. (isans.org)
  • The scenario for depriving the sovereignty of the Baltic countries in 1939-1940 went as follows: the entering of massive Soviet group of troops (occupation) after issuing ultimata, the holding of rigged elections for new puppet authorities, followed with an incorporation into the USSR (annexation). (isans.org)
  • The sequence of actions that led to the loss of sovereignty of the three Baltic countries in 1940 and present-day Belarus differs. (isans.org)
  • Which independent country was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940? (kyoto2.org)
  • The Soviet Union took the Baltic states in June 1940, but a year later, Germany invaded them. (balloon-juice.com)
  • In 1991, the Baltic countries reclaimed independence and restored their sovereignty upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union. (wikipedia.org)
  • It includes examples from the earliest years of the Soviet Union up until 1991, covering the avant-garde, state-sponsored Socialist Realism and unofficial art of the post-War period, and demonstrating the surprising diversity of the USSR's artistic output. (sothebys.com)
  • Painted in 1991, the year of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Bulatov's work addresses the conflict between ideology and reality, and the new reality then facing the country. (sothebys.com)
  • These Baltic states were under Soviet rule from the end of World War II in 1945, from Sovietization onwards until independence was regained in 1991. (kyoto2.org)
  • There is a cluster of days, starting with today, in 1991 and before which were fateful for the Soviet Union. (balloon-juice.com)
  • After the Baltic states proclaimed independence following the signing of the Armistice, Bolshevist Russia invaded at the end of 1918. (wikipedia.org)
  • Russia and its fireworks remind the nationalists in the Baltic States that they lost the WW2 together with their Führer. (euvsdisinfo.eu)
  • Purchased in Russia / Soviet Union USS. (1stdibs.com)
  • The Anti-Comintern Pact had opened the terrible possibility for the Soviet Union of a war on two fronts, but it soon developed that Berlin and Tokyo were both expecting the other to stand guard over Russia while they pursued booty in central Europe and China respectively. (britannica.com)
  • The resilience tests of the banks, aimed at trying to ensure they are able to withstand hacking and sabotage, came as Russia concluded a massive naval exercise, dubbed Ocean Shield, in the Baltic Sea. (voanews.com)
  • Their proximity to Russia, the legacy of their Soviet pasts as well as hosting substantial ethnic Russian communities make the Baltic states especially vulnerable for Kremlin intelligence activities, say analysts. (voanews.com)
  • Lithuania is situated on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea and borders Latvia on the north, Belarus on the east and south, and Poland and the Kaliningrad region of Russia on the southwest. (infoplease.com)
  • After Soviet rule the relations between Russia and the three Baltic States have been complicated. (lu.se)
  • On July 3, 1933, for the first time in history, aggression was defined in a binding treaty signed at the Soviet Embassy in London by the USSR and among others, Baltic countries. (wikipedia.org)
  • The item "RARE Chaika Soviet USSR Vintage Watches Natural Baltic Amber Stone 1601a" is in sale since Friday, July 30, 2021. (purebalticamber.com)
  • The status of 9 May was to undergo changes, both in the USSR and in central Europe, where the holiday calendar was not uniformly aligned on the Soviet model. (eurozine.com)
  • Even if the page is about to be turned, the years of ex-USSR rule over the Baltic states have left a consequent heritage , now exposed to tourists. (evaneos.com)
  • The Soviets had few successes battling the mujahedin, or Muslim religious warriors, creating a crisis in morale in the USSR. (gradesaver.com)
  • A later amendment to the secret protocols placed Lithuania within the Soviets' sphere. (wikipedia.org)
  • Different political elite groups of post-communist Lithuania offer different accounts of the Soviet past. (kantiana.ru)
  • Yet, the present analysis of the adopted laws and public policies, alongside a study on the attitudes of political elites make it possible to conclude that anti-nostalgia, the negative assessment of the Soviet life-style, criticism of it and attempts to keep the former Soviet decision makers out of Lithuania's public administration are key ways of treating the past in Lithuania. (kantiana.ru)
  • 7. Matonyte, I. 2006, Why the Notion of Social Justice is Quasi-Absent from the Public Discourse in Post-Communist Lithuania, Journal of Baltic Studies, Vol. XXXVII, no. 4, p. 388-411. (kantiana.ru)
  • In July 1989, following the dramatic events in East Germany, the Supreme Soviets of the Baltic countries stated their intention to restore full independence. (wikipedia.org)
  • Approximately 2 million people joined their hands that day, an extraordinary event which drew global attention and finally led to the Baltic States regaining their Independence. (harasadam.ee)
  • This article concludes that although russification policies were effective in maintaining control over the Baltic people, these policies had the unintended consequence of bolstering Baltic nationalism and calls for independence. (avim.org.tr)
  • The Baltic states obtained their independence approximately twenty years ago. (evaneos.com)
  • In 2013, more than 11,000 signatures were collected on the online petition website ManaBalss.lv supporting removal of the monument and reconstruction of Victory Square the way it was originally planned in the 1930s, before the Soviet occupation , commemorating the victory in 1919 over the West Russian Volunteer Army of Pavel Bermondt-Avalov during the Latvian War of Independence . (wikipedia.org)
  • In the case of the three Baltic states, the harsh whittling down of their legal systems to a common Soviet denominator, «integration» in the humanitarian sphere, and the mass repressions against political opponents and various segments of the population took place after the entry of Soviet troops, which were met with only minor episodes of armed resistance. (isans.org)
  • The attempt of Moscow to set up a foreign Soviet State, extending to every sphere of public and private life is described in detail, with the aim of showing what the methods were which the soviet leaders used to carry through their system to other countries. (psu.edu)
  • Changes of this kind were not the exclusive preserve of the Soviet Union and its sphere of influence. (eurozine.com)
  • In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Soviet Union and all three Baltic States further signed non-aggression treaties. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Chaika Watch Factory lived on for decades, producing a wide array of different watches for both women and men, including automatic calibers, dive watches, ladies watches, and the first quartz resonator ever produced in the Soviet Union. (purebalticamber.com)
  • Belarus has now suffered a similar fate, some 30 years after gaining sovereignty due to the collapse of the Soviet Union. (isans.org)
  • Public Hearing on Restrictions on Artistic Freedom in the Soviet Union The Commission met, pursuant to notice, in room 210, Cannon House Office Building, at 10 a.m. (csce.gov)
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD-Rio strains are still rare in the former Soviet Union countries and Asia. (cdc.gov)
  • Baltic and former Soviet Union countries) ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • This work was among those chosen to represent the Soviet Union at the Venice Biennale in 1932 and is the first major work by the artist to appear at auction. (sothebys.com)
  • Spring is one of a group of six works to be offered in the Art of the Soviet Union sale with Gekkoso Gallery provenance. (sothebys.com)
  • In the 1970s this Tokyo gallery held numerous exhibitions of the best examples of Russian and contemporary Soviet painting to promote the art of the Soviet Union in Japan. (sothebys.com)
  • Soviet Union Takes Over Eastern Europe After World War II It took over the governments in Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia. (kyoto2.org)
  • What countries were controlled by the Soviet Union? (kyoto2.org)
  • What countries did the Soviet Union add to its territory in ww2? (kyoto2.org)
  • Part of the Karelia and Salla regions of Finland were annexed by the Soviet Union after the Winter War. (kyoto2.org)
  • Why did the Soviet Union occupy Eastern Europe after 1945? (kyoto2.org)
  • How did the Soviet Union expand after ww2? (kyoto2.org)
  • Which of the following two countries were once a part of the Soviet Union? (kyoto2.org)
  • What countries formed after the fall of the Soviet Union? (kyoto2.org)
  • How did the Soviet Union recover after ww2? (kyoto2.org)
  • The Soviet Union Occupies Eastern Europe At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union occupied Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Poland and eastern Germany. (kyoto2.org)
  • Great Britain, the United States, France, and the Soviet Union divided Germany and Berlin into four occupation zones to be administered by the four countries. (kyoto2.org)
  • It was a communist state, but was never part of the Soviet Union. (kyoto2.org)
  • When did the Soviet Union annexed the Baltic states? (kyoto2.org)
  • As for the beginning of the war, it was dated to 22 June 1941, when the Wehrmacht invaded the Soviet Union. (eurozine.com)
  • In the satellite states, 9 May served primarily to express friendship with the Soviet Union and gratitude towards the Red Army. (eurozine.com)
  • Foreign Ministers Vyacheslav Molotov (Soviet Union) and Joachim von Ribbentrop (Germany) signed an agreement not to go to war against each other. (balloon-juice.com)
  • Germany invaded Poland in September, and the Soviet Union invaded Finland in November. (balloon-juice.com)
  • At that time, the Soviet Union refused to recognize that the secret protocol to the pact existed. (balloon-juice.com)
  • Mikhail Gorbachev was First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, and there was unrest across the Soviet Union and its satellites. (balloon-juice.com)
  • The coup plotters felt that Gorbachev was betraying the Soviet Union. (balloon-juice.com)
  • The coup failed, but it assured the end of the Soviet Union. (balloon-juice.com)
  • The chill that took over the room when anyone referenced the Soviet Union was palpable! (balloon-juice.com)
  • The Soviet Union emerged from World War II as a superpower, with control over many Eastern European countries. (gradesaver.com)
  • The Soviet Union ceased to exist after 69 years of communist rule. (gradesaver.com)
  • Assistance programmes for central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. (who.int)
  • Since the fall of the Soviet Union, North Korea hasn't had access to artificial fertiliser, and therefore any increase in production has to happen by creating more farmland. (lu.se)
  • Part of the Baltic Pride 2023 festival series, the procession started at Harju, then headed for the Tallinna Linnaruumi festival area on Rävala puiestee, a short distance to the East (see gallery). (err.ee)
  • Central to the commemorations were a number of exemplary heroes, chosen from the millions of dead to enter the Soviet pantheon as martyrs for the Communist and patriotic cause. (eurozine.com)
  • They won't bolster the low level of public respect for Soviet power as the elevation of a locally born Communist who did not have obvious ties to the KGB might have done. (csmonitor.com)
  • A majority of Western world governments did not recognise the Soviet annexations of the Baltic states de jure, though some countries did recognize them de facto. (wikipedia.org)
  • Our news analysis and commentaries provide readers with insight essential to understanding the three Baltic countries and their neighbors. (baltictimes.com)
  • Among the three Baltic countries, the regime of Kārlis Ulmanis in interwar Latvia was the most merciless towards democratic institutions and relied most heavily on security and paramilitary structures. (isans.org)
  • The historical parallel with the three Baltic countries in the interwar period becomes even more meaningful if one considers that Belarus is also a Baltic state. (isans.org)
  • These policies also left a profound impact on the minds of the Baltic people, and heavily influenced the way Baltic countries shaped their citizenship policies with regards to the Russian minority. (avim.org.tr)
  • It is examining these in the three Baltic countries and five Central Asian states where Moscow is trying to push its narratives using soft power tools, such as the Rossotrudnichestvo and state media outlets. (intelligenceonline.com)
  • What countries were under Soviet control after ww2? (kyoto2.org)
  • The Baltic Sea borders the three countries on their west shorelines, which are scarcely populated. (evaneos.com)
  • Many travellers prefer to head to the Baltic countries when the weather is fine in order to make the most of the longer days and the fact that there are more hours of sunshine than in winter You do still need to be aware of the possibility of showers, however. (evaneos.com)
  • It included a secret protocol in which the two countries divided up the territories between them: Finland, Poland, the Baltic States, Romania, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. (balloon-juice.com)
  • The conclusion of this thesis is that the Baltic regional identity has remained important in all three countries throughout the examined period. (lu.se)
  • 6.5%) in specific reported in aggregated format at the European level and regions of the world, including the Baltic states and other could not be linked to molecular data identified from in- eastern European countries ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • To what extent has academic dishonesty contributed to the well-known gap in research performance between Central Asian countries and other post-Soviet states? (lu.se)
  • Unlike in Western countries, high-ranking officials in the post-Soviet states have often avoided resignation and other serious consequences of plagiarism, academic fraud, and similar offences. (lu.se)
  • Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Nazi Baltic States , with the aim to revise history and deny Soviet occupation. (euvsdisinfo.eu)
  • Contrary to the claims of the pro-Kremlin media, the re-capturing of the Baltic States did not bring freedom, but Soviet repressions and occupation , which lasted for 50 years. (euvsdisinfo.eu)
  • I couldn't put my camera down as graffiti met the memory of Soviet occupation during less stellar times for Estonians who lived in the area. (harasadam.ee)
  • This book, originally published in English in 1932, covers the Soviet occupation of Latvia during 1919. (psu.edu)
  • [d] Many ethnic Latvians regarded it not as a symbol of liberation, but rather start of the Soviet re-occupation . (wikipedia.org)
  • This regional identity is considered a result of the resistance and solidarity of the Baltic peoples during the Soviet Occupation. (lu.se)
  • In a broader perspective, Pugo's rise may be a sign that the KGB is continuing to strengthen its grip on Soviet society despite the death of Yuri Andropov, who headed the KGB for 15 years before ascending to the top position in the Kremlin. (csmonitor.com)
  • he so, d, were given?enee Agency project he learned Goernment of Chile Mr telli T,.. g n- of 'a ... basement of the Soviet Embassy 'The In 'a decc Ag against the he nd Goernment of Chile . (cia.gov)
  • Within the context of this examination, the specifics of the russification policies and the Baltic people's responses to them are explained. (avim.org.tr)
  • The monument was the subject of long-standing controversy in modern Latvian society, concerning the historical memory of World War II and the legacy of Soviet rule. (wikipedia.org)
  • Tim Chan, a 28-year-old banker, said he was aware of the historical context of the Baltic Way protest and the sensitivities where Beijing was concerned, but he insisted the Hong Kong Way was more about the five demands of the protesters. (scmp.com)
  • This tension is aggravated by the historical sensitivity stemming from the repressive Soviet rule. (lu.se)
  • Historical oxygen depletion in Baltic sediment - a consequence of human impact? (lu.se)
  • Soviet symbol on a building in Tallinn. (err.ee)
  • Then, new Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev urged reforms. (gradesaver.com)
  • RIGA - According to publicly available information, Russia's Investigative Committee has initiated criminal cases and inspections regarding the Latvian law banning display of monuments and memorials glorifying the Soviet army and the dismantling of such memorial sites in various municipalities of Latvia, the Latvian Foreign Ministry informed Tuesday. (baltictimes.com)
  • Victory Day was an occasion for speeches, ceremonies and sporting events that celebrated the Soviet army, its leaders and their pre-revolutionary predecessors. (eurozine.com)
  • In this respect, Victory Day belonged to a calendar that also included other military festivals such as Soviet Army and Navy Day, Tank Drivers Day or Air Forces Day. (eurozine.com)
  • He and his army had consented on condition that all the anarchists and Makhnovtsy be released from prison, and that the Soviet Government grant them the right of a general conference. (pitzer.edu)
  • Even though this definition is not widely applied to Belarus and the country is landlocked, almost half of Belarusian territory lies in the Baltic Sea basin. (isans.org)
  • Opposition parties called for Seppik's resignation on 29 January after two newspapers reported that, as a judge in 1985, he participated in the sentencing of five youths as young as 15 years of age opposed to Soviet rule in what was later discovered to be a corrupt trial. (rferl.org)
  • Although the Baltic states were under Soviet rule, most other nations did not recognize this and dealt with Baltic governments in exile. (balloon-juice.com)
  • Eastern Europeans demanded an end to Soviet rule. (gradesaver.com)
  • Elmurod's main interests focus on governance in post-Soviet societies, rule of law and corruption, and state-society relations. (lu.se)
  • His policies, however, fed unrest across the Soviet empire. (gradesaver.com)
  • The Baltic states are stepping up coordinated efforts to identify people among their populations who have been recruited by Russian intelligence agencies, say officials. (voanews.com)
  • Two-week annual summer courses for emigre youth in Riga, which started in 1976 were boycotted by many emigre Latvians and cancelled by the Soviet sponsors in the summer of 1981. (csmonitor.com)
  • The Riigikogu has voted against re-adopting an unamended version of a law, which would have called for the removal of a variety of Soviet-era features, including details on buildings and in other public spaces. (err.ee)
  • Chair of the Riigikogu Economic Affairs Committee, Priit Lomp (SDE), pointed out that the current wording of the law actually covers a lot more than just Soviet monuments, and suggested that it be amended to narrow the focus to monuments only. (err.ee)
  • The purpose of the act is to specify the removal of Soviet monuments and symbols from public space. (err.ee)
  • Moreover, Soviet propaganda emphasizes the political approach. (cia.gov)
  • Even twenty years later, after the collapse of communism Lithuanian politicians (with the exception of certain conservative anti-nostalgic leaders allied with some populists) still do not have a unified and coherent view on the Soviet political and social practices, truths, and methods. (kantiana.ru)
  • All efforts to accommodate a more permissive attitude towards the Soviet past and civil servants whose career began under the Soviets do not find much support within the Lithuanian elite. (kantiana.ru)
  • They cannot bear the fireworks to honour the liberation of the Baltic cities from Nazis, because these fireworks remind them of their defeat. (euvsdisinfo.eu)
  • In the aftermath of threats of Russian aggression and the unlawful invasion of Ukraine, the presence of Russian speaking populations in Baltic States has caused severe internal tensions. (lu.se)
  • Unfortunately, questionable practices were widespread throughout the post-Soviet space. (lu.se)
  • The two societal events that have shaped the discourses the most is the Baltic Way, that is seen as the starting point of the Baltic regional identity, and the EU and NATO accession. (lu.se)
  • In a contest for Soviet friendship, however, the Allies were at a distinct disadvantage. (britannica.com)
  • This book, the first history of these vessels in English, explains how this concept led to one of the most remarkable naval weapons of World War II, the Soviet 'river tank', or Armoured Motor Gun Boat (AMGB). (ospreypublishing.com)
  • At the same time, The Baltic Times and other pan-Baltic newspapers exist, and companies such as Air Baltic hint at a common Baltic cooperation. (lu.se)
  • This seems to indicate that despite the apparent distaste for the notion of a Baltic unity, some kinds of cooperation do exist, in addition to the identification with the Nordics mentioned above. (lu.se)
  • At that time, the only thing they left behind was a barren concrete structure, which has since been defaced by graffiti and strained from years of Baltic wind, rain and snow. (harasadam.ee)
  • Post-Soviet Migration and Diasporas av Nikolko, Milana & Carment, David (Eds. (lu.se)
  • Official speeches stressed the continuity between the Soviet war effort and Stalin's post-war international policy. (eurozine.com)
  • Ain Seppik resigned as interior minister on 3 February after Prime Minister Siim Kallas urged him to step down amid intense criticism over actions Seppik took as a Soviet-era Supreme Court justice, BNS and Reuters reported. (rferl.org)
  • Well, the Soviet people might believe what they pleased, I decided, but they should get no explantion from me. (pitzer.edu)
  • The Baltic states reference 1.2 million people stood in that line. (balloon-juice.com)
  • Born of a merger between The Baltic Independent and The Baltic Observer in 1996, The Baltic Times continues to bring objective, comprehensive, and timely information to those with an interest in this rapidly developing area of the Baltic Sea region. (baltictimes.com)