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| | Lost territories of the Baltic States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Disputed territories of Baltic States are those territories of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, which were in the mentioned countries in the interwar period, but with the Soviet occupation after World War 2, they weren't attached to Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian Soviet socialist republics, being attached instead to Russian SFSR, Byelorussian SSR and Poland. |
 | | As for Latvia and Estonia, territories which did not belong to gubernyas of Estland, Livonia or Courland during the Imperial occupation were detached (however, imperial gubernyas weren't based on nationality, unlike Soviet Socialist Republics, therefore such historical reason is debunked by Latvians and Estonians); in Lithuanian case, the detaching did not have a historical base. |
 | | During Soviet rule these territories were largely russified, due to insufficient support for Baltic languages there (such as a too small number of Baltic-language schools (no Baltic language schools in most of territories with Baltic majorities), lack of Baltic-language publications etc) and also a significant migration of Russian-speaking people. |
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