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The three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – were re-occupied in 1944–1945 by the Soviet Union (USSR) following the German occupation. The Baltic states regained independence in 1990–1991. In 1944–1945, World War II and the occupation by Nazi Germany ended.
A considerable number of nonindigenous officials, unfamiliar with the societies of the region, were brought in to consolidate Soviet rule and to complement the heavy presence of military and coercive forces. The regime sought to eradicate the last vestiges of the period of independence.
Hundreds of thousands of innocent people became the victims of two Soviet occupations of the Baltic states: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The two occasions on which the Baltic states were forcibly joined to the Soviet Union had an especially tragic impact on their inhabitants.
Nov 1, 2004 · It explores the policy decision-making mechanisms which sustained the Western non-recognition of Soviet sovereignty over the Baltic States after 1940 and which eventually led to the legal restoration of the three countries' statehood in 1991.
Jun 28, 2022 · In the annexed Baltic States, Soviet rule lasted almost fifty years, in itself a quite long time. Joe Verhoeven points out an important difference between the case of the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait in 1990 and that of the Baltic States (1940–1991), namely the time factor.
- Lauri Mälksoo
Feb 1, 2022 · Well before the Soviet Union collapsed, it was clear that the trajectory of the Baltic states differed greatly from that of the Central Asian Soviet republics. In contrast to the Baltic states clamoring to leave the Soviet Union, Central Asian ones had been pretty satisfied with their lot.
The incorporation of the Baltic states into the USSR was met by their peoples with almost total dismay but very little, if any, outward resistance. The process was handled by the legitimate Baltic governments which decided against ‘senseless’ armed...
