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I believe Estonia and Latvia didn't even exist as a countries before the fall of the Soviet Union. Not even before the Russian Empire conquered these lands.

• p2t2p 10y ago
  Wrong. Soviet Union was the first country which publicly recognised Latvia's independence back in 1920s. Yep, then they took it back in 1940s.
• kpil 10y ago
  To nitpick, the Estonian and Latvian Nations have existed for almost 1000 years. The Nation-states are not that old, but there are many young nation-states in Europe.
  • ptaipale 10y ago
    And, Estonia and Latvia existed as independent nations in 1918-1940 (when they were left to the Soviet sphere of influence when Hitler and Stalin split up their spoils.)
    • hetfeld 10y ago
      Godwin's law in action