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 Sovietization of the Baltic states is the sovietization of all spheres of life in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania when they were under control of the Soviet Union. The first period deals with the o
Baltic states under Soviet rule (1944–1991)
…The Baltic states regained independence in 1990–1991. In 1944–1945, World War II and the occupation by Nazi Germany ended. Then, re-occupation and annexation by the Soviet Union occurred, as the three countries became constituent "union republics" of the USSR: Estonian SSR, Latvian SSR, and Lithuanian SSR…
Plaque on the building of Government of Estonia, Toompea, commemorating government members killed by communist terror
Soviet propaganda demonstration in Liepāja, 1940. Posters in Russian say: "We demand the full accession to the USSR!"
Memorial to deported Latvian children who died in exile, 1941–1949
Latvian National Theatre decorated with Soviet symbols (hammer and sickle, red star, red flags and a double portrait of Lenin and Stalin) after the Soviet occupation in 1940. The text on top reads "Long live the USSR!"