transforming their economies
The Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia).
In Eastern Europe, he Soviet Union made satellite Nations of those countries ordering it. Satellite Nations are dependent upon a stronger power. Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, and East Germany became communist.
Under Soviet rule, tens of thousands of people in the Baltic States were subjected to deportations, political repression, and forced collectivization of agriculture. Many were sent to Siberian labor camps, while others faced imprisonment for resisting Soviet policies. The cultural and national identities of the Baltic nations—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—were significantly suppressed during this period. These actions led to lasting social and demographic changes in the region.
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Poland did.
The Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia).
In Eastern Europe, he Soviet Union made satellite Nations of those countries ordering it. Satellite Nations are dependent upon a stronger power. Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, and East Germany became communist.
The Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic.
After regaining their independence from Russia (Soviet Union), they formed 3 alliances for protection: Peacekeeping Battalion (Baltbat); NATO; and the EU.
The term Baltic states (also Baltics, Baltic nations or Baltic countries) refers to the Baltic territories which gained independence from the Russian Empire in the wake of World War I: primarily the contiguous trio of Estonia, Latvia, [ Lithuania (from north to south); Finland also fell within the scope of the term from the 1920s to 1939.[2] Estonia is only considered Baltic geographically, not linguistically or culturally, as Estonians and Finns are descendants of the Baltic Finns.
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The Soviet Empire was associated with having control of the Baltic states.
latvia
Poland did.
Poland did.
Nations, that soviet union occupied back at the 40's wanted to break free. And Gorbachev's opennes politics (glastnost) made it possible. People could finally talk about occupation, deportations and other crimes against these nations executed by USSR. Gradually these nations began to know their nationality more and more, step by step, progressing with events (Baltic Way), pathriotical songs etc, until they broke free and soviet union crumbled.
The Satellite nations were the nations supported by the soviet Union.