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Singing Revolution - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_Revolution
The events between 1987 and 1990 that led to the renewal of independence of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. |
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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov-Ribbentrop_Pact
Wikipedia article about the Nazi-Soviet nonaggression and friendship pact which divided Eastern Europe between the Third Reich and the Soviet Union. |
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Occupation of the Baltic states - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states
History of the occupations of the Baltics by the Soviets and Nazis starting with the German-Soviet Nonaggression pact in 1939 until the restoration of independence in 1991. |
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Baltic Way - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Way
Article about the Baltic Chain, a protest demonstration that took place in 1989. This was a major historical event that led to the eventual independence from the Soviet Union. |
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Modern History: The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1939pact.html
Full text of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact from 1939. |
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KGB Documents - http://www.kgbdocuments.eu/
A project aimed at making public KGB documents from the years of occupation of the three Baltic countries. [English, Russian] |
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Nationalities and Other Problems - http://history.eserver.org/baltic-history.txt
Describes the historic influx of ethnic groups of people and the changing balance of power throughout the years. |
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British Campaign in the Baltic 1918–1919 - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Campaign_in_the_Baltic_1918-19
An intervention which played a key role in enabling the establishment of the independent states of Estonia and Latvia. The Royal Navy denied the Bolsheviks the ability to move by sea and bombarded them on land in support of Estonian and Latvian troops. |
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Boris Meissner - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Meissner
German historian and international law specialist, whose thesis in 1954, provided legal proof that the occupation and annexation of the Baltic countries by the USSR was a violation of international law. |
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The Baltic Chain: Ten Years After - Central Europe Review - http://www.ce-review.org/99/9/amber9.html
Article about the 10 year anniversary of the Baltic chain and the impact it had on the future of the Baltic countries. |
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The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact: The Documents - http://www.lituanus.org/1989/89_1_03.htm
Copies of the original documents and translation in English. |
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Communism and Crimes against Humanity in the Baltic states - http://www.hot.ee/evlliit/okup_2.htm
Covers the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, genocide against Baltic people, persecution of Baltic culture and religion, economic and environmental destruction. |
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The Situation in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - http://web-static.vm.ee/static/failid/358/eup_resol_1983.pdf
European Parliament resolution of 13 January 1983, which recognizes the plight of the peoples of these states, the illegality of their occupation, and supports the decolonization and restoration of self government. |
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The Forgotten Fleet - The Baltic Times - http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/11541
The British navy's involvement in Baltic independence. |
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Baltic Chain - http://www.baltikett.ee/
History of the 600 kilometer long human chain that linked Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius, in protest at the continued occupation of the three Baltic republics. [Estonian, English] |