Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

[Estonian: Eesti]
[Lettish: Latvija]
[Lithuanian: Lietuva]

by John Astell


Estonia

Status: Independent nation; republic
Capital: Tallinn
Major Ethnic Groups: Estonians
Cities: 4; 1 dot, 3 ref

map:hexWZcitysttname & notes
1B:0711BdotcpTallinn (also called Reval) (anx USSR 1940, Balt MD)
1B:1004BrefcpNarva (ger: Narwa) (anx USSR 1940, Balt MD)
1B:1213BrefcpParnu (anx USSR 1940, Balt MD)
1B:1408Bref-Tartu (also called Dorpat) (anx USSR 1940, Balt MD)

Latvia

Status: Independent nation; republic Capital: Riga Major Ethnic Groups: Latvians Cities: 4; 1 part, 3 ref

map:hexWZcitysttname & notes
1B:1421CrefcpVentspils (anx USSR 1940, Balt MD)
1B:1724CrefcpLiepaja (anx USSR 1940, Balt MD)
1B:1816BpartcpRiga (anx USSR 1940, Balt MD)
1B:2512Bref-Daugavpils (russ: Dvinsk; ger: Dunaburg) (anx USSR 1940, Balt MD)

Lithuania

Status: Independent nation; republic Capital: Kaunas Major Ethnic Groups: Lithuanians Cities: 2; 1 dot, 1 ref

map:hexWZcitysttname & notes
1B:2219Cref-Siauliai (anx USSR 1940, Balt MD)
1B:2818Cdot-Kaunas (russ: Kovno) (anx USSR 1940, Balt MD) Note: Former part of Lithuania, annexed by Germany,
April 1939
1B:2224CrefcpKlaipeda (ger: Memel)
Lithuanian War-Time Annexations: From Poland, 1939:
1B:3016Cdot-Wilno (russ: Vilno, Lithuanian: Vilnius) (Technically, given to Lithuania in 1939 by the Soviet Union following the occupation of eastern Poland and then incorporated into the Soviet Union when Lithuania was annexed in 1940. Not shown in Europa.)


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