Riga.
Riga is the capital and the largest city of Latvia. Riga is a seaport that lies on the Gulf of Riga, at the mouth of the Daugava river.
Riga is the capital and the largest city of Latvia.
Riga is the capital and the largest city of Latvia.
Moscow
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are the countries in the European Union which border the Baltic Sea. These three countries are the Baltic States.
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Good thing I had my social studies textbook nearby... =)The Baltic states (also known as the Baltics, Baltic nations or Baltic countries) are those countries east of the Baltic Sea that gained independence from the Russian Empire in the wake of World War I. Today, this means the countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, but, in the period between the World Wars, it also included Finland.
Russia has access to the Baltic Sea through the Gulf of Finland from St Petersburg Also from the Russian Enclave of Kaliningrad directly to the Baltic Sea
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Originally, Finland was also mentioned as "Baltic", but it usually isn't counted as part of the Baltic States.
People who settled in Lithuania and Latvia were considered "baltic," as to the people who settled Estonia (and Finland) who were considered "finnic." Also, "baltic German" is another useful term.
Russia has access to the Baltic Sea - in the Russian exclave "Kaliningrad Oblast" there is an important war harbour. Also, Russia has access to the Eastern part of the Gulf of Finland (part of the Baltic Sea), Sankt-Petersburg is actually on the Baltic coast. What was meant in the question were perhaps "Three Baltic States" - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia (actually, Lithuania doesn't share a border with Russia). Or maybe Latvia, Estonia and Finland?
St. Petersburg is a very large and extremely strategically important Russian city on the Baltic Sea. Also of note is Kaliningrad, which has no land connection to the rest of Russia.
The Baltic states are the three countries east of the Baltic sea: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These three countries gained their indepedence from Russia in the aftermath of WWI.
Eastern Europe Republic of Latvia is a North European Baltic country in the European Union. It is bordered to the north by Estonia (343 km), to the south by Lithuania (588 km), and to the east both by Belarus (141 km) and the Russian Federation (276 km). The territory of Latvia covers 64,589 km² and has a temperate seasonal climate. Latvia, also known as the Republic of Latvia, is found in Europe or more specifically Northern Europe. Latvia is found on the coast of the Baltic Sea and surrounded by Lithuania and Estonia.
Russia, Poland, and Latvia all have borders touching the Baltic Sea. Other Eastern European countries touching the Baltic sea are Estonia and Lithuania. Countries that are considered to be Western European that also touch the Baltic Sea are Germany and Sweden.
Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The last three are collectively known as the Baltic States. (Poland, farther west, has also been occupied or controlled by Russia in the past. Belarus, farther east, was the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR.)
9 countries border the Baltic sea - Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are commonly referred to as the Baltic nations.