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578:. On 12 January 1949 the Soviet Council of Ministers issued a decree "on the expulsion and deportation" from Baltic states of "all kulaks and their families, the families of bandits and nationalists", and others. Ten percent of the entire adult Baltic population was deported or sent to labor camps. After World War II, as part of the goal to more fully integrate Baltic countries into the Soviet Union, mass deportations were concluded in the Baltic countries and the policy of encouraging Soviet immigration to the Baltic states continued.
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Supreme Councils in 1990 democratic elections. The Councils declared their intention to restore full independence. Soviet political and military forces tried unsuccessfully to overthrow the governments. In 1991, Baltic countries claimed de facto independence. International recognition, including that of the USSR, followed. The United States, which had never recognized forcible annexation of the Baltic countries by the USSR, resumed full diplomatic relations with the republics.
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under which they will live, the restoration of sovereign rights and self-government to those peoples who have been forcibly deprived of them by the aggressor nations." The Yalta declaration further states that "to foster the conditions in which the liberated peoples may exercise these rights, the three governments will join ... among others to facilitate where necessary the holding of free elections."
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The Putin administration has stubbornly refused to admit the fact of Soviet occupation of Latvia, Lithuania and
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which affirmed, among other things, the "desire to see no territorial changes that do not accord with the freely expressed wishes of the peoples concerned" and to "respect the rights of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live; and they wish to see sovereign rights and
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published in its 25 December 1918 issue that "Estonia, Latvia, and
Lithuania are directly on the road from Russia to Western Europe and therefore a hindrance to our revolutions. ... This separating wall has to be destroyed." Bolshevist Russia, however, did not gain control of the Baltics and in 1920
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Five decades of almost unbroken Soviet occupation of the Baltic states of
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania ended in 1991. The sovereignties of the countries were restored, accelerating to the eventual break-up of the Soviet Union later that year after the three states had seceded. Subsequently, Russia
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In July 1989, following the dramatic events in East
Germany, the Supreme Soviets of the Baltic countries adopted a "Declaration of Sovereignties" and amended the Constitutions to assert the supremacy of their own laws over those of the USSR. Candidates from the pro-independence party Popular Fronts
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Declaration on Liberated Europe of 4-11 February 1945, in which Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt jointly declare for the reestablishment of order in Europe according to the principle of the Atlantic Charter "the right of all peoples to choose the form of government
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declaring for the reestablishment of order in Europe according to the principle of the
Atlantic Charter "the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live, the restoration of sovereign rights and self-government to those peoples who have been forcibly deprived of
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which permitted the Soviet Union to station troops in them. These pacts affirmed the sovereign rights of the Baltic states. For example, the Pact of Mutual
Assistance with Latvia (signed on 5 October 1939) declares: "The enforcement of the present Pact may in no way impair the sovereign rights of
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of 1975 which committed its parties to respecting the established frontiers—avoiding use of the term "borders"—of postwar Europe. Countries such as the United States continued to maintain nonrecognition of the Soviet annexation of the Baltic states. In retrospect, the Baltic states' eventual
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Fifth—support accorded armed bands which are organized on its territory and which shall have invaded the territory of another State; or refusal, in spite of the demand of the invaded State, to take on its own territory all steps in its power to deprive the bandits aforesaid of all aid or
127:. In July 1989, following the dramatic events in East Germany, the Supreme Soviets of the Baltic countries stated their intention to restore full independence. In 1991, the Baltic countries reclaimed independence and restored their sovereignty upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
469:. State administrations were liquidated and replaced by Soviet cadres, Elections were held with single pro-Soviet candidates listed for many positions, with resulting peoples assemblies immediately requested admission into the USSR, which was granted by the Soviet Union.
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them by the aggressor nations." The Yalta declaration further states that "to foster the conditions in which the liberated peoples may exercise these rights, the three governments will join ... among others to facilitate where necessary the holding of free elections."
76:, which included secret protocols dividing eastern Europe into "spheres of influence", with Latvia and Estonia falling within the Soviets' sphere. A later amendment to the secret protocols placed Lithuania within the Soviets' sphere. In June 1940, the Soviet Union
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a neighboring state, it also stipulates that "the High
Contracting Parties further agree to recognize that the present convention "can never legitimate any violations of International Law that may be implied in the circumstances comprised in the above list."
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The majority of States refused to recognize the Soviet incorporation of the Baltic states. Hopes on the part of the Baltic states for any active intervention on their behalf were quashed when the United States, European states and Soviet Union signed the
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See, for instance, position expressed by European Parliament, which condemned "the fact that the occupation of these formerly independent and neutral States by the Soviet Union occurred in 1940 following the Molotov/Ribbentrop pact, and continues."
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With this confirmation of adherence to these protocols (while not yet having ratified the Pact) and associated filings of instruments of adherence to the Pact, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the USSR (listed as Russia) became signatories to the
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Russian officials persistently claim that the Baltic states entered the USSR voluntarily and legally at the close of World War II and failed to acknowledge that Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were under Soviet occupation for fifty
609:"Third, they respect the rights of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live; and they wish to see sovereign rights and self-government restored to those who have been forcibly deprived of them. ..."
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Finally, the Soviet Union signed the Charter of the United Nations on 24 October 1945, which in Article I Part 2 states that one of the "purposes of the United Nations is to develop friendly relations among nations based on
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by the USSR and among others, Baltic countries. Article II defines forms of aggression "There shall be recognized as an aggressor that State which shall be the first to have committed one of the following actions:
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We have not and cannot have any such war aims as the seizure of foreign territories and the subjugation of foreign peoples whether it be peoples and territories of Europe or the peoples and territories of
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in 1989, the USSR condemned the 1939 secret protocol between Nazi Germany and itself. However, the USSR never formally acknowledged its presence in the Baltics as an occupation, and considered the
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hoped that the Germans would reestablish Baltic independence. Such political hopes soon evaporated and Baltic cooperation became less forthright or ceased altogether. From 1941 to 1944, following
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61:. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Soviet Union and all three Baltic States further signed non-aggression treaties. The Soviet Union also confirmed that it would adhere to the
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troops withdrew from the Baltic States in August 1994. Russia officially ended its military presence in the Baltics in August 1998 following the decommissioning of the
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radar station in Latvia, which was the last active Russian military radar in the Baltics. The last Russian troops withdrew from the station the following year.
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reestablishment of their independence and borders has been interpreted as vindicating the Accords, which supported human rights and self-determination.
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the Contracting Parties, more especially with regard to their political structure, economic and social systems, and military measures."
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923:League of Nations Treaty Series, 1928, No. 2137.
914:League of Nations Treaty Series, 1929, No. 2028.
512:, the Baltic countries were a part of Germany's
196:In these treaties, Bolshevist Russia renounced "
165:concluded peace treaties with all three states.
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672:Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts
519:In September 1941, the Soviet Union joined the
334:The Convention for the Definition of Aggression
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457:, Soviet NKVD troops raided border posts in
347:First—a declaration of war on another State.
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82:Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
34:Relevant events began regarding the
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80:and annexed those countries as the
45:'s conflict with the Baltic states—
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2119:Politics of the Soviet Union
2104:Political history of Estonia
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595:The Soviet Union joined the
160:invaded at the end of 1918.
137:Estonian War of Independence
78:invaded the Baltic countries
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1659:Acta Historica Tallinnensia
1453: 17 January 2006),
1446:Kolk and Kislyiy v. Estonia
1308:The Great Powers and Poland
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986:, executed 23 August 1939
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455:German invasion of France
152:took power following the
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1613:Wettig, Gerhard (2008),
1591:Taagepera, Rein (1993),
1467:Baltic Military District
1210:Harvard University Press
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399:into German and Soviet "
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1245:Talmon, Stefan (2001),
1233:Background Note: Latvia
1204:Black Book of Communism
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2021:Peaceful coexistence
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952:"Aggression Defined"
858:Europa Archiv No. 17
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995:Christie, Kenneth,
933:Kellogg-Briand Pact
656:Revolutions of 1989
328:Kellogg-Briand Pact
266:was adopted by the
261:Kellogg-Briand Pact
214:Transcaucasian SFSR
162:Известия (Izvestia)
63:Kellogg–Briand Pact
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1469:globalsecurity.org
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785:2010-12-01 at the
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556:Yalta Declaration
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