The three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – were re-occupied in 1944–1945 by the Soviet Union following the German occupation. The Baltic states regained independence in 1990–1991.
Exhumed victims of the 1941 NKVD prisoner massacre in Tartu
Soviet prison doors on display in the Museum of Occupations in Tallinn.
Antanas Sniečkus, the leader of the Communist Party of Lithuania from 1940 to 1974
1950 Latvian Song Festival marking the 10th anniversary of the first Soviet occupation of Latvia. The stage is decorated with portraits of Lenin and Stalin, and emblem of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (centre), as well as text "Glory to mighty Stalin" in both Latvian and Russian
The Soviet Union occupied most of the territory of the Baltic states in its 1944 Baltic Offensive during World War II. The Red Army regained control over the three Baltic capitals and encircled retrea
Baltic states under Soviet rule (1944–1991)
…The three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – were re-occupied in 1944–1945 by the Soviet Union (USSR) following the German occupation. The Baltic states regained independence in 1990–1991. In 1944–1945, World War…
A Soviet propaganda poster celebrating "liberation" of the Baltic states in 1944
Soldiers of the Red Army entering the territory of the Lithuanian SSR
The National Committee of the Republic of Estonia, headed by Jüri Uluots, attempted to re-establish Estonian independence in 1944.
The Yalta Conference in 1945. Seated from left Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin.