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[[Image:Baltic states.png|thumb|right|240px|The three Baltic states: [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], and [[Lithuania]].]]
The '''Baltic states''' ({{lang-et|Balti riigid}}, {{lang-lv|Baltijas valstis}}, {{lang-lt|Baltijos valstybės}}) or '''Baltic countries''' are three [[European Union member state|member states]] of the [[European Union]] <ref>[http://europa.eu/abc/european_countries/index_en.htm European countries at europa.eu]</ref>: the [[List of sovereign states|sovereign states]] of [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]], located in [[Northern Europe]]. The Baltic states became independent in the aftermath of [[World War I]] in 1918.
[[Estonians]] and the nearly linguistically extinct [[Livonian people]] in Latvia are descended from the [[Finnic peoples]], sharing closely related languages and a common cultural ancestry. The [[Latvians]] and [[Lithuanians]], linguistically and culturally related to each other, are descended from the [[Balts]], an [[Indo-European]] people and culture. The peoples comprising the Baltic states have together inhabited the eastern Baltic coast for millennia, although not always peacefully in ancient times, over which period their populations: Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, have remained remarkably stable within the approximate territorial boundaries of the current Baltic states. While separate peoples with their own customs and traditions, historical factors have introduced cultural commonalities across and differences within them.
The term "Baltic republics" can sometimes refer in historic context to the Baltic [[republics of the Soviet Union]]. At the same time the three countries were considered under [[Occupation of Baltic states|Soviet occupation]] by the Western democracies: for example the USA <ref name="USA">[http://www.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/86539.htm U.S.-Baltic Relations: Celebrating 85 Years of Friendship] at state.gov </ref> and the UK.<ref>[http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019233911509 Country Profiles: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania] at UK Foreign Office</ref> After the collapse of the Soviet Union the Baltic States' struggle for independence came to a conclusion. The sovereignties of the countries were restored in 1991 and the last Russian troops withdrew from the Baltic States in August 1994.<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/vo-baltic.htm Baltic Military District] globalsecurity.org</ref>
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]] since 2004. Today the three countries are [[liberal democracy|liberal democracies]] and their [[market economy|market economies]] have in recent years undergone [[Baltic Tiger|rapid expansion]].
== Etymology and usage of the term==
The term ''Baltic'' stems from the name of the [[Baltic Sea#Etymology|Baltic Sea]]. Usage of ''Baltic'' and similar terms to denote the region east from the sea started only in 19th century. At first it was used to refer to [[Baltic governorates]] of [[Courland]], [[Livonia]] and [[Estonia]] known also by German term ''Balticum'' as these lands were under German hegemony, [[Lithuania]] was usually excluded from this division. The Russian term "Прибалтика" (Pribaltika "Near Baltic") was used to refer to all of the lands bordering the Baltic sea's Eastern shore, a more narrow term "Прибалтийские страны" (Pribaltijskie strany "Near Baltic states") used to refer to the governorates that appeared around 1859. The Latvian and Lithuanian term "Baltija" most likely originates from Russian and was first used in Latvia around 1868.<ref name="baltu valodas">{{cite book |last=Dini |first=Pierto Umberto |editor= |others=Translated from Italian by Dace Meiere |title= Baltu valodas |origyear=1997 |year=2000 |publisher=Jānis Roze |location=Riga |language=Latvian |isbn= 9984-623-96-3}}</ref> In the 1920s the newly established countries of [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], and [[Lithuania]] were referred to as the Baltic states, and during that period [[Finland]] was also often referred to as one of the Baltic states. <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=V293HAAACAAJ&dq Finland as a Member of the European Union and as a Baltic State By Jaakko Iloniemi]</ref> <ref>''Finland, which must be viewed historically as another Baltic state'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=iz3NACNOpCAC&pg The Baltic Revolution By Anatol Lieven - Page 49] ISBN 0300060785</ref> <ref>''Finland, it should be pointed out, was also the only Baltic state that had...''[http://books.google.com/books?id=8wnCx9cZWw4C&dq Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850 By Christopher John Murray - Page 48] ISBN 1579584233</ref> After the [[Second world war]] Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were incorporated into the [[USSR]] and were known as the Baltic [[Soviet Republics]] until all three countries regained their independence in 1991.<ref>{{cite book |title= Latvijas Enciklopēdija |year=2002 |publisher=SIA "Valērija Belokoņa izdevniecība" |location=Riga |language=Latvian |isbn= 9984-9482-1-8}}</ref> Currently Baltic states are Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, sometimes the [[Russia]]n [[Kaliningrad Oblast]] {{Fact|date=December 2007}}
== Cultures and languages==
[[Image:Allsaintsvilnius.jpg|thumb|150px|Catholic [[Church of All Saints, Vilnius|Church of All Saints]], [[Vilnius]], [[Lithuania]]]]
[[Image:St Peters Church Riga.JPG|thumb|150px|left|[[St. Peter's Church, Riga|St. Peter’s Lutheran Church]], [[Riga]], [[Latvia]]]]
The peoples of the Baltic countries belong to different Christian denominations. Estonia and most parts of Latvia have [[Lutheran]] cultural backgrounds while Lithuania is principally a [[Catholic]] country. Catholic denomination is dominant in Eastern Latvia ([[Latgale]]) as well. At the same time, [[Baltic Russians|Russia]]n minorities in these countries belong to the [[Russian Orthodox Church]].
The languages of Baltic nations belong to two distinct language families. The [[Latvian language|Latvian]] and [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]] languages make up the group of [[Baltic languages]] which belongs to the [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] [[language family]]. The [[Estonian language]] and the almost extinct [[Livonian language]], on the other hand, are not an Indo-European languages and instead belong to the Baltic-Finnic subgroup of the [[Finno-Ugric languages]], sharing close ethnic and historical ties with the [[Finnish language]] and people.
Due to a long period of Germanic domination, starting in the Middle Ages, the [[German language]] also has an important role in Latvia and Estonia. Its role diminished greatly after World War II when the Baltic states were forcefully absorbed into the Soviet Union, but it remains one of three main foreign languages taught in schools (the other two being [[English language|English]] and [[Russian language|Russian]]). During the period of Soviet control, Russian became the most commonly studied foreign language at all levels of schooling, but knowledge of German remained fairly common among the older generations. The Soviet Union conducted a policy of Russification by encouraging Russians and other Russian-speaking ethnic groups of USSR to settle in the Baltic Republics. According to Soviet law, the three local languages ([[Estonian language|Estonian]], [[Latvian language|Latvian]], [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]) had the status of official languages in the three respective Republics and were used in schools and local administrative apparatus {{Fact|date=September 2007}} in parallel with [[Russian language|Russian]]. However, as the Russian-speaking settlers from USSR formed an ever larger part of the population and typically were neither encouraged nor motivated to learn the local language, almost everybody had to learn Russian to some extent and use it whenever communicating with Russian-speakers in daily life. Today ethnic [[Baltic Russians|Russian immigrants]] from former USSR and their descendants make up a sizable minority in the Baltic states, particularly in Latvia (about one-third of the population) and Estonia (one-quarter of the population). After the Baltic states achieved independence in 1991, while German made a comeback as a language of study it was English that became the most commonly studied foreign language, and the role of Russian language in education fell sharply. The Baltic states have historically also been in the [[Swedish (language)|Swedish]] (except Lithuania) and Russian spheres of influence.
During Soviet era the fact that the three Baltic states had been acquired by Soviet Union later than other territories (hence, e.g., the relatively higher living standard), strong feeling of national identity (often labeled "bourgeois nationalism" by Soviets) and popular resentment towards the imposed Soviet rule in the three countries, in combination with Soviet cultural policy, which employed superficial multiculturalism (in order for Soviet Union to appear as a multinational union based on free will of peoples) in limits allowed by the Communist "internationalist" (but in effect pro-[[Russification]]) ideology and under tight control of the Communist Party (those of the Baltic nationals who crossed the line were called "bourgeois nationalists" and repressed), let Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians preserve a high degree of Europe-oriented national identity.<ref>'''Baltic states - Soviet Republics'''. (2007). In ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved [[March 5]], [[2007]], from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://search.eb.com/eb/article-37264</ref> In Soviet times this made them appear as the "West" of the Soviet Union in the cultural and political sense, thus as close to emigration a Russian could get without leaving the USSR.
Since regaining independence, Estonia has shown a strong desire to identify itself as Nordic, as expressed in a speech by former foreign minister and current president [[Toomas Hendrik Ilves]] entitled, "Estonia as a Nordic Country".<ref>[http://www.vm.ee/eng/nato/1210.html "Estonia as a Nordic Country"] Speech by Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the Swedish Institute for International Affairs, [[14 December]] [[1999]].</ref> Some Estonians consider themselves a Nordic people rather than Baltic, because of strong cultural, historical and linguistic ties with the [[Nordic countries]].<ref>[http://web-static.vm.ee/static/failid/220/eesti_elu.pdf Estonian foreign ministry publication], 2004.</ref><ref>[http://web-static.vm.ee/static/failid/273/Eesti%20elu.pdf Estonian foreign ministry publication], 2002.</ref>
==Economies==
{{main|Baltic Tiger}}
The Baltic states had the highest growth rates in Europe between 2000 and 2006, and this has continued in 2007. In 2006 the economy in Estonia grew by 11.2% in [[gross domestic product]], while the Latvian economy grew by 11.9% and Lithuania by 7.5%. All three countries have seen their rates of unemployment falling below the EU average by February 2006. Additionally, Estonia is among the ten most liberal economies in the world and in 2006 switched from being classified as an upper-middle income economy to a high-income economy by the [[World Bank]]. All three countries are slated to adopt the [[Euro]] around 2010.
However, due to global economic crisis, Baltic economies in 2008 are fragile and previous fast growth has to some extent decreased.
== Histories ==
{{main|History of Estonia|History of Latvia|History of Lithuania}}
[[Image:Europe 814.jpg|thumb|200px|Europe in 9th century]]
The first people arrived to the territory of the modern Baltic states in the [[10th millennium BC]] after the last [[Wisconsin glaciation|glacial period]] had ended. The earliest traces of human settlement are connected with [[Kunda culture]]. Around the beginning of the [[4th millennium BC]] [[Comb Ceramic Culture]] arrived to the territories. The beginning of the Late Neolithic Period about 2200 BC is characterized by the appearance of the [[Corded Ware culture]], pottery with corded decoration and well-polished boat-shape stone axes.
During the [[Bronze Age]] the development of the borders between the [[Finnic peoples]] and the [[Balts]] was under way.
In the [[1st century]], AD the people living in the area were first denoted by [[Tacitus]] in a form of [[Aestii]].
In the 13th century, [[Christianity]] and [[feudalism]] were effectively forced upon modern Estonia and Latvia by the invasion of the [[Northern Crusades|crusaders]] from the west ([[Germany|German]] [[Sword Brethren]], [[Denmark]]) and the conversion of Lithuania's rulers from [[Paganism]] to Christianity. While in Latvia and most of Estonia [[Livonian Confederation]] was established, Lithuania established its own state as the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] some time before 1252. It later was a major political power of the region.
[[Image:Rzeczpospolita265.png|thumb|220 px|left|Outline of the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]] in [[1618]], superimposed on present-day national borders. At the time, the Commonwealth incorporated most of the territory of the modern Baltic states.
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After the [[Livonian War]] in the 16th century, the Confederation ceased to exist, and its lands were incorporated into the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]]. In 1621 most of the [[Duchy of Livonia]] was incorporated into the [[Swedish empire]]. During the [[Great Northern War]] the [[Dominions of Sweden]] of [[Swedish Estonia]] and [[Swedish Livonia]] were conquered by Russia and then ceded by [[Sweden]] in the [[Treaty of Nystad]] in [[1721]].
The Russian Empire gained control of most of the present-day Baltic states in the 18th century when the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was partitioned in three stages by the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Habsburg Monarchy, while western parts of Lithuania were incorporated into Prussia.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania became sovereign nations in the aftermath of [[World War I]]. They declared independence in 1918, fought [[independence war]]s against German [[Freikorps]] and [[Bolshevist Russia]], and were recognized as independent countries in 1920.
[[Image:Poland & The New Baltic States.jpg|thumb|180px|right|“Poland & The New Baltic States” map from 1920, showing still-undefined borders in the [[aftermath of World War I]] before the [[Peace of Riga]]]]
Following the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact]] pact of 1939, the [[Red Army|Soviet Army]] entered eastern Poland as well as military bases in the Baltic states which were granted after USSR had threatened the three countries with military invasion. In June 1940, the Red Army occupied the whole territory of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and installed new, pro-Soviet governments in all three countries. Following rigged elections, in which only pro-communist candidates were allowed to run, the newly "elected" parliaments of the three countries formally applied to "join" the USSR in August 1940 and were annexed into it as the [[Estonian SSR]], the [[Latvian SSR]], and the [[Lithuanian SSR]].
The Soviet control of the Baltic states was interrupted by [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] invasion of the region in 1941. The German occupation lasted until late 1944 (in Courland, until early 1945), when the countries were re-occupied by the Red Army. In all three countries, Baltic [[partisan (military)|partisans]], known colloquially as the [[Forest Brothers]], waged unsuccessful guerrilla warfare against the Soviet occupation for the next eight years in a bid to regain their nations' independence.
In the late 1980s massive demonstrations against the Soviet regime, known as the [[Singing revolution]] began. One of the most noted protests took place on [[August 23]], [[1989]], when approximately two million people joined their hands to form a 600-kilometer human chain across the three countries in the event known as the [[Baltic Way]].
The three Baltic nations re-declared their [[independence]] in 1990 and 1991, and their independence was recognized by the Soviet Union on [[September 6]], [[1991]].
== Politics ==
[[Image:GW Bush in Riga 2005.jpg|right|250 px|thumb|Presidents of the Baltic states with the President of the United States in 2005]]
All three countries are [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracies]], which have [[unicameral]] parliaments that are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms - [[Riigikogu]] of Estonia, [[Saeima]] of Latvia and [[Seimas]] of Lithuania. In Latvia and Estonia, President is elected by parliament while Lithuania has a semi-presidential system and the President is elected by popular vote.
Each of the three countries has declared itself to be the restoration of the sovereign nations which existed already in 1918–1940, emphasizing their contention that Soviet domination over the Baltic nations during the [[Cold War]] period had been an illegal occupation and annexation.
The same legal interpretation is shared by the [[United States]], the [[United Kingdom]] and other Western democracies, who always considered the forcible incorporation of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania into the [[Soviet Union]] illegal. At least formally, the western democracies never considered the three Baltic states to be constituent parts of the Soviet Union. Australia was a brief exception to this support of Baltic freedom: in 1974, the Labor government did recognize Soviet dominion, but this decision was later reversed.<ref>[http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/ojs/index.php/sydney_journal/article/viewFile/628/699| 'The Latvians in Sydney' (2008)]</ref>
After the Baltic states had restored [[independence]], integration with [[Western Europe]] was chosen as the main strategic goal. In 2002 the Baltic nations applied to become members of the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] (NATO) and the [[European Union]] (EU). Membership of NATO was duly achieved on [[March 29]], [[2004]], and accession to the EU took place on [[May 1]], [[2004]].
Currently governments of Baltic states cooperate in multiple ways. There is active cooperation among Presidents, parliament speakers, heads of government, and foreign ministers. On [[8 November]] [[1991]] the [[Baltic Assembly]] was established for co-operation among parliaments. 15-20 MPs from each parliament represent their countries in the Assembly. For co-operation among governments Baltic Council of Ministers was established on [[13 June]] [[1994]]. Since 2003 Baltic Assembly is co-ordinated with the Baltic Council of Ministers.<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/eu/BalticSeaRegion/BalticStates/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia: Co-operation among the Baltic States]</ref>
==Statistics==
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| Flag || {{flagicon|Estonia}} || {{flagicon|Latvia}} || {{flagicon|Lithuania}}
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| Country || [[Estonia]] || [[Latvia]] || [[Lithuania]]
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| Capital || [[Tallinn]] || [[Riga]] || [[Vilnius]]
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| Independence || August 20, 1991 || [[History of Latvia|May 4, 1990 - September 6, 1991]] || March 11, 1990
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| Population (2007) || 1,340,602 (01/2007) || 2,270,700 (12/2007) || 3,369,600
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| Population (2000) || 1,376,743 || 2,375,000 || -
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| Density || 29/km² = 75/sq mi || 36/km² = 93/sq mi || 52/km² = 134/sq mi
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| Area || 45,227 km² = 17,413 sq mi || 64,589 km² = 24,937 sq mi || 65,200 km² = 25,173 sq mi
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| Water area % || 4.56% || 1.5% || 1,35%
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| [[Gross domestic product|GPD]] ([[Purchasing power parity|PPP]]) total || $26.85 billion (2007) || $41,108 billion (2007) || $66 billion (2008)
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| [[Gross domestic product|GPD]] ([[Purchasing power parity|PPP]]) per capita || $21,800 || $18,103 || $19, 730
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| [[Gross domestic product|GPD]] (nominal) total || $16,410 billion || $20,101 billion || $48, 132 billion
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| [[Gross domestic product|GPD]] (nominal) per capita || $15,310 || $8,852 || $14, 273
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| [[Gini|Gini Index]] || 34 || 37.7 || 36
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| [[Human Development Index|HDI]] || 0.86 || 0.855 || 0.862
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| Internet [[Country code top-level domain|TLD]] || .ee || .lv || .lt
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| [[List of country calling codes|Calling code]] || +372 || +371 || +370
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;The largest cities by population
#{{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Riga]] (722,485)
#{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Vilnius]] (542,287)
#{{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Tallinn]] (400 911)
#{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Kaunas]] (361,274)
#{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Klaipėda]] (188,954)
#{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Šiauliai]] (125,883)
#{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Panevėžys]] (116,749)
#{{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Daugavpils]] (110,265)
#{{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Tartu]] (101,740)
#{{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Liepāja]] (85,448)
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;The largest cities by population of ethnic Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians
#{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Kaunas]] (335,624)
#{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Vilnius]] (312,708)
#{{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Riga]] (312,425)
#{{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Tallinn]] (216,996)
#{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Klaipėda]] (135,557)
#{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Šiauliai]] (120,263)
#{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Panevėžys]] (113,585)
#{{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Tartu]] (81,423)
#{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Alytus]] (66,390)
#{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Marijampolė]] (44,555)
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==See also==
*[[Balts]], [[Baltic Germans]] and [[Baltic Russians]]
*[[Baltic region]]
*[[Baltia]]
*''[[Baltish]]''
*[[Scandinavia]]
*[[Baltic provinces]]
*[[United Baltic Duchy]]
*[[Occupation of Baltic states]]
*[[Baltic Way]]
*[[Baltic Tiger]]
*[[Baltic Entente]]
==References and notes==
{{reflist}}
===Journals and book series===
International peer-reviewed journals and book series dedicated to the Baltic region include:<br>
*[[On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics]] (book series)
*''[[Journal of Baltic Studies]]'', journal of the [[Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies]] (AABS)
*[http://www.lituanus.org/ Lituanus], journal dedicated to Lithuanian and Baltic art, history, language, literature and related cultural topics
==External links==
* [http://itameri.kyamk.fi/e.html The Baltic Sea Information Centre]
* [http://www.baltica-net.de/index.php?id=53&L=1 The Virtual Library on Baltic Cultural Studies]
* [http://www.balticsearegion.com/access-europe.html GDP in the Baltic States] and international comparison chart.
* [http://www.csb.gov.lv/images/modules/items/item_file_2064_baltcen3.pdf Statistical data based on 2000/2001 censuses]
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