Baltic States Fight for Independence
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Baltic States
- Date: 1918-1920
Article abstract: The Baltic states fight for independence and organize their own governments, allowing the three nations to consolidate a national political consciousness that later withstands a half century of Soviet rule.
Summary of Event
The emergence of the three Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia at the end of World War I had an impact on the history of Eastern Europe throughout the twentieth century. An expression of the ideas of national self-determination, the creation of the states was made possible by the collapse of the two major...
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