I lived in Vilnius, the Capital of Lithuanian Soviet Socialistic Republic between 1979 and 1990. Vilnius/Wilno was homeland of my family most of which perished during Holocaust 1941–1942 (together with 90% of Lithuanian Jews). read more
Because the Baltic states joined the Soviet Union a generation later than the rest of the Soviet republics, and, in the official Soviet parlance, the remnants of capitalism were still present in the mindset of the populace. read more
The occupation of the Baltic states involved the military occupation of the three Baltic states—Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania—by the Soviet Union under the auspices of the 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact in June 1940 followed by their incorporation into the USSR as constituent republics in August 1940 - most [quantify] Western powers never recognised this incorporation. read more