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Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1944)

Index Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1944)

The Soviet Union occupied most of the territory of the Baltic states in its 1944 Baltic Offensive during World War II. [1]

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Aleksander Kreek

Aleksander Kreek (21 July 1914 – 19 August 1977) was an Estonian track and field athlete who specialised in the shot put.

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Arthur Võõbus

Arthur Võõbus (– 25 September 1988) was an Estonian theologian, orientalist, and church historian.

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August Gailit

August Gailit (9 January 1891 – 5 November 1960) was an Estonian writer of Estonian and Latvian origin.

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Šiauliai

Šiauliai is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 107,086.

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Baltic states

The Baltic states, also known as the Baltic countries, Baltic republics, Baltic nations or simply the Baltics (Balti riigid, Baltimaad, Baltijas valstis, Baltijos valstybės), is a geopolitical term used for grouping the three sovereign countries in Northern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

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Baltic states under Soviet rule (1944–91)

This Baltic states were under Soviet rule from the end of World War II in 1945, from sovietization onwards until independence was regained in 1991.

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Basketball in Lithuania

Basketball is the most popular sport in Lithuania.

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Battle of Kiauneliškis

The Battle of Kiauneliškis was fought on March 11–13, 1945 between the Lithuanian partisans and Soviet forces.

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College of St. Casimir

The Pontifical College of St.

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Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces

The Commander of the Defence Forces is Chief of the Estonian Defence Forces and the national defence organisations.

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Courland

Courland, or Kurzeme (in Latvian; Kurāmō; German and Kurland; Curonia/Couronia; Курляндия; Kuršas; Kurlandia), is one of the historical and cultural regions in western Latvia.

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Culture of Lithuania

The culture of Lithuania combines an indigenous heritage, represented by the unique Lithuanian language, with Nordic cultural aspects and Christian traditions resulting from historical ties with Poland.

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Dominions of Sweden

The Dominions of Sweden or Svenska besittningar ("Swedish possessions") were territories that historically came under control of the Swedish Crown, but never became fully integrated with Sweden.

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Eastern Orthodoxy in Estonia

Eastern Orthodoxy in Estonia is practiced by 12.8% of the population, making it the second most identified religion in this majority-secular state after Lutheran Christianity with 13.6%.

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Ellinor Aiki

Ellinor Aiki (11 January 1893 - 25 October 1969) was an Estonian painter who is possibly best recalled for her works in later life of vibrant and colorful, heavily textured portraits, landscapes and compositions interspersed with whimsical motifs.

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Estonians

Estonians (eestlased) are a Finnic ethnic group native to Estonia who speak the Estonian language.

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Flag of Latvia

The national flag of Latvia (Latvijas karogs) was used by independent Latvia from 1918 until the country was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940.

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Genocides in history

Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious or national group.

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Gustav Kalkun

Gustav Kalkun (22 March 1898 – 24 April 1972) was an Estonian discus thrower.

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Hirsch Schwartzberg

Hirsch Schwartzberg (Szwarcberg, Schwarzberg) (October 28, 1907, in Vilna —October 17, 1987 in Ashdod) was a Jewish leader of Holocaust survivors (בפרייטה יידין אויף ברלין) under the American occupation of Berlin.

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Index of Lithuania-related articles

The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to Lithuania.

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Irena Sibley

Irena Sibley (16 June 1943 – 29 March 2009), born Irena Justina Pauliukonis, was an Australian artist, writer, illustrator of children's books, and art teacher.

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Izidorius Mockus

Izidorius Mockus codenames Rikas, Rykas, Jovaras (1920 – June 16 or July 10, 1950) was a Lithuanian forest brother who led Rolandas' squad (a part of Butigeidis corps, Kęstutis district).

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Jakob Segal

Jakob Segal (17 April 1911 – 30 September 1995) was a Russian-born German biology professor at Humboldt University of Berlin in the former East Germany.

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Kaljo Kiisk

Kaljo Kiisk (3 December 1925 – 20 September 2007) was an Estonian actor, film director and politician.

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Kaunas Garrison Officers' Club Building

Kaunas Garrison Officers' Club Building (Kauno įgulos karininkų ramovė) is a building in Kaunas, Lithuania.

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Kaunas Priest Seminary

Kaunas Priest Seminary (Kauno kunigų seminarija) is the largest seminary in Lithuania serving the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas.

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Laisvė

Laisvė (Freedom) was a Lithuanian-language radical political newspaper published in the United States of America from 1911 to 1986.

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Liberation Day

Liberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day.

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List of heads of government of Estonia

This is a list of people, who have been heads of government of the Republic of Estonia from 1918, either as a Chairman of the Council of Elders (1918), Prime Minister (1918-1920; 1934-1940 and from 1990), State Elder (1920–1934) or President-Regent (1937–1938).

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List of wars involving Estonia

Below is a list of military conflicts in which Estonians participated on a larger scale or took place on Estonian territory.

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Lithuania

Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of northern-eastern Europe.

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Lithuania men's national basketball team

The Lithuania men's national basketball team (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinė vyrų krepšinio rinktinė) participates in FIBA's competitions.

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Magdalena Galdikienė

Magdalena Galdikienė née Draugelytė (26 September 1891 – 22 May 1979) was a Lithuanian Catholic feminist, teacher, and politician.

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Marcelė Kubiliūtė

Marcelė Kubiliūtė (July 28, 1898, Tindžiuliai, now in Rokiškis district municipality, Lithuania – June 13, 1963, Vilnius), was a Lithuanian public figure, active in press, education and military areas.

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Mari Lill

Mari Lill (born 21 December 1945) is an Estonian stage, film and television actress whose career began onstage in the late 1960s.

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Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights

The Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights (Okupacijų ir laisvės kovų muziejus), previously Museum of Genocide Victims (Genocido aukų muziejus), in Vilnius, Lithuania was established in 1992 by order of the Minister of Culture and Education and the President of the Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees.

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Occupation of Lithuania

Occupation of Lithuania may refer to.

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Prime Minister of Estonia

The Prime Minister of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi peaminister, literally translated as Head Minister of Estonia) is the head of government of the Republic of Estonia.

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Racism in the Soviet Union

Soviet authorities and leaders officially condemned nationalism and proclaimed internationalism, including the right of nations and peoples to self-determination.

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Salme Reek

Salme Reek (10 November 1907 – 9 June 1996) was an Estonian stage, film, radio, and television actress and stage director whose career spanned nearly seventy years; sixty-six of which were spent as an actress at the Estonian Drama Theatre.

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Singing Revolution

The Singing Revolution is a commonly used name for events between 1987 and 1991 that led to the restoration of the independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

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Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1940)

The Soviet occupation of the Baltic states covers the period from the Soviet–Baltic mutual assistance pacts in 1939, to their invasion and annexation in 1940, to the mass deportations of 1941.

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Soviet re-occupation of Latvia in 1944

The Soviet re-occupation of Latvia in 1944 refers to the military occupation of Latvia by the Soviet Union in 1944.

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Sovietization of the Baltic states

The Sovietization of the Baltic states refers to the sovietization of all spheres of life in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania when they were under control of the Soviet Union.

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Steve Jurvetson

Stephen T. Jurvetson (born March 1, 1967) is an American businessman and venture capitalist.

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Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR

The Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR (Lietuvos TSR Aukščiausioji Taryba; Верховный Совет Литовской ССР, Verkhovnyy Sovet Litovskoy SSR) was the supreme soviet (main legislative institution) of the Lithuanian SSR, one of the republics comprising the Soviet Union.

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Tõnu Puu

Tõnu Puu (born 25 September 1936, in Tallinn) is an Estonian-born Swedish economist.

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The War That Came Early

The War That Came Early is a six-volume alternate history series by Harry Turtledove, in which World War II begins in 1938 over Czechoslovakia.

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Urjo Kareda

Urjo Kareda (February 9, 1944 – December 26, 2001) was an Estonian-born Canadian theatre and music critic, dramaturge and stage director.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Redirects here:

Occupation and annexation of the Baltic states by the Soviet Union (1944), Occupation of the Baltic states by the Soviet Union (1944), Soviet liberation of the Baltic states (1944).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_occupation_of_the_Baltic_states_(1944)

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