Vilnius

Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia

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June 30th 2017
I first became interested in visiting the Baltic states when I heard about the Baltic Chain. This was the longest ever chain of people holding hands, stretching 600 km between Tallinn in Estonia to Vilnius in Lithuania, passing through Riga in Latvia and numerous other towns and villages on the way. This peaceful protest by over a million people in August 1989 was against the conti ... read more

Europe » Estonia » Tallinn

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After centuries of Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian rule, Estonia attained independence in 1918. Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940, it regained its freedom in 1991, with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since the last Russian troops le... ... read more