The abolition GiveUp of serfdom in Baltic provinces was in 1816–1819 .

The political aims Aiming of the more moderate Northern Society were a British-style constitutional monarchy with a limited franchise , though it could be replaced Change_of_leadership with a republic in the future but only according to the will of the people , assuming the legislative assembly and excluding Preventing_or_letting the execution of the imperial family , the abolition GiveUp of serfdom according to the interests of Russian landlords , i. e. with land in the ownership of landlords mainly still similar to the abolition GiveUp of serfdom in Baltic provinces , and equality before the law .

Approximately two million people joined Becoming_a_member their hands to form Cause_to_amalgamate a human chain spanning Expansion across the three Baltic states – Estonia , Latvia , and Lithuania , which were considered at the time to be constituent republics of the Soviet Union .

The pact and its secret protocols divided Creating Eastern Europe into spheres of influence and led to Causation the occupation Control of the Baltic states in 1940 .

The event Social_event was organised Arranging by Baltic pro-independence movements : Rahvarinne of Estonia , the Tautas fronte of Latvia , and Sąjūdis of Lithuania .

The event Social_event presented Presence an opportunity for the Baltic activists to publicise Dispersal the Soviet rule and position Placing the question of Baltic independence not only as a political matter , but also as a moral issue .

The event Social_event presented Presence an opportunity for the Baltic activists to publicise Dispersal the Soviet rule and position Placing the question of Baltic independence not only as a political matter , but also as a moral issue .

The Soviet authorities responded Response to the event Social_event with intense rhetoric , but failed Earnings_and_losses to take Giving any constructive actions Response that could bridge Connect the widening Expansion gap between the Baltic republics and the rest of the Soviet Union .

After the Revolutions Change_of_leadership of 1989 , 23 August has become Becoming an official remembrance day both in the Baltic countries , in the European Union and in other countries , known as the Black Ribbon Day or as the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism .

The Allied invasion of Germany started Process_start with the Western Allies crossing the Rhine River on 22 March 1945 before fanning out and overrunning all of western Germany from the Baltic in the north to the Alpine passes in the south , where they linked up with troops of the U.S. Fifth Army in Italy .

Unnamed Planet ( Russian : Безымянная планета ) is a concert tour programme of Russian pop star Valery Leontiev , which was performed in Russia , Ukraine , Baltic States , United States , Germany .

Throughout 1659 , Sweden was defending Defending her strongholds in Denmark and on the southern Baltic shore , while little was gained Getting by the allies and a peace was negotiated Agree_or_refuse_to_act .

Russia maintained Preserving its conquered Conquering possessions in Ingria and the Baltic , was able to consolidate Cause_change_of_strength its hold over Control Ukraine and Poland , develop Coming_to_be the new city of Saint Petersburg , and gain vital trade links Connect in the Baltic trade .

Russia maintained Preserving its conquered Conquering possessions in Ingria and the Baltic , was able to consolidate Cause_change_of_strength its hold over Control Ukraine and Poland , develop Coming_to_be the new city of Saint Petersburg , and gain vital trade links Connect in the Baltic trade .

The engagement Hostile_encounter was fought Hostile_encounter off the Norwegian coastal island of Eigerøya , then in Danish Norway , the opposing forces engaged Hostile_encounter in protecting Defending their respective countries ' trade routes to the Baltic Sea .

The Russian Baltic Fleet had to withdraw Escaping from the Suur Strait after its losses Earnings_and_losses at the Battle of Moon Sound .

The Tallinn Offensive ( ) was a strategic offensive by the Red Army 's 2nd Shock and 8th Armies and the Baltic Fleet against the German Army Detachment `` Narwa '' and Estonian units in mainland Estonia on the Eastern Front of World War II on 17–26 September 1944 .

It stretched from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south , involved most of Eastern Europe and stretched deep into Central Europe as well .

The defenders had been driven Motion into a series of pockets on the Baltic coast and in the city of Königsberg , in which they were besieged Besieging .

Marshal Aleksandr Vasilevsky , who had taken over command of the 3rd Belorussian Front in February , incorporated Cause_to_amalgamate General Hovhannes Bagramyan 's 1st Baltic Front into his command from February 22 , redesignating it as the Zemland Army Group ( or Samland Front ) .

Germany and the Baltic nobility added Cause_to_be_included another level of intrigue , initially being nominally allied Collaboration to the Nationalist/Allied force Hostile_encounter but attempting to jockey for German domination of Latvia .

The Soviet Union dissolved Dispersal in December 1991 , resulting in eleven new countries ( Armenia , Azerbaijan , Belarus , Georgia , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Moldova , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Ukraine and Uzbekistan ) , which had declared their independence from the Soviet Union in the course of the year , while the Baltic states ( Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania ) regained their independence in September 1991 .

It was last noted around the Baltic Sea on August 16 .

Plans for the Catalan Way were presented Presence for the first time on 19 June 2013 , at the Museu d'Història de Catalunya ; the inspiration for these was the 1989 Baltic Way .

The presentation included Cause_to_be_included Henn Karits and Ülo Laanoja , two members of the organization which staged the Baltic Way .

The dominant presence Presence of the Swedes in the Baltic region gave Giving the Lithuanian army the upper hand , as von Mansfeld and the Swedish army did not expect the possibility of an attack Attack in such a heavily Swedish-occupied region .

Using the favourable winds blowing Motion inland , Chodkiewicz sent Sending several ( probably four ) fire ships ( their first use in the Baltic in modern times ) into the port , setting Placing several ships on fire Damaging and pushing Motion them in the direction of the Swedish warships anchored Connect in formation .

Smaller military actions took place Process_start in the Baltic , the Caucasus , the White Sea , and the North Pacific .

The operation was conducted Action by the Red Army 's Leningrad Front , Volkhov Front , and the Baltic Fleet from 12 to 30 January 1943 with the aim of creating Creating a land connection to Leningrad .

As Russia had no full-fledged navy to intercept Preventing_or_letting reinforcements coming to Motion the Swedish garrison across the Baltic , Riga managed Control to hold Defending out until October , when foreign officers commanding Control a small Russian flotilla defected Escaping to the other side and the Russians had to lift Process_end the siege .