The three Baltic states refer to the Baltic Sea coast, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and the total area of the three Baltic states is 17400,000 square kilometers, Lithuania covers an area of 6520,000 square kilometers, Latvia covers an area of 6370,000 square kilometers, Estonia covers an area of 4510,000 square kilometers. In all three Baltic countries, there are ethnic Russians, all of whom pursued a policy of Russian ethnicity during the period of Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union. Lithuania has a population of 3 million, with 84% of the population Lithuania and 6% of ethnic Russians. Latvia has a population of 2 million, 62% of ethnic Latvian population and 25% ethnic Russians. Estonia has a population of 1.3 million, of which 70% are ethnic Estonians and 25% are ethnic Russians. At present, the three Baltic states are hostile to Russia, and Russia is the main successor of Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union, and the three Baltic states have no choice but to seek revenge from Russia when they encounter problems in Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union.
In 1700, a war broke out between Peter the Great and the Kingdom of Sweden over a large area of the Baltic Sea. At that time, the Kingdom of Sweden was defeated and had to cede large areas of the Baltic Sea to Tsarist Russia, and Estonia and Latvia were also incorporated into the territory of Tsarist Russia during this period. Lithuania was incorporated into the territory of Tsarist Russia relatively late. At the beginning of the 19th century, when Tsarist Russia colluded with Austria and the German Empire to divide Poland, Lithuania was part of the Russian sphere of influence at that time. In 1815, Tsarist Russia officially incorporated Lithuania into its territory.
In 1917, the October Revolution broke out in Saudi Arabia, and the land countries that were originally controlled by Tsarist Russia became independent. Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, Finland declared their independence one after another, which was recognized by Soviet Russia at that time. At the end of the 40s of the 20th century, in order to establish the Eastern Front, the Soviet Union aimed to establish a strategic buffer zone between Germany and the Soviet Union through the establishment of the Eastern Front. The Soviet Union first forced these countries to cede land from Finland, the three Baltic states, Hungary, Romania. In 1940, the Soviet Union sent 200,000 troops into the three Baltic countries and demanded that the locals hold a referendum to join the Soviet Union. In 1941, Germany launched the Barbarossa Plan against the Soviet Union, mobilizing more than 4 million troops to attack the Soviet Union, and the German ** team controlled all the territories of the three Baltic countries. After the end of World War II, the Soviet Union retaliated against the three Baltic states, disposed of all the soldiers who had cooperated with Germany, and exiled a large number of the three Baltic countries to Central Asia and Siberia, and moved to ethnic Russians, which was conducive to the Soviet Union's management of this land. The Soviet Union's approach to the three Baltic states provoked resentment in the Baltic region. Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, the three Baltic states first declared their independence from the Soviet Union. The three Baltic states have always been at odds with Russia after their independence?
After the collapse of the First Soviet Union, Russia inherited the vast legacy of the Soviet Union. Russia still inherited the chauvinism of the Soviet Union, and Russia was also a country that continued to expand its territory after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia controls the Dezuo region of Moldova, Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Georgia, the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine and the four regions of eastern Ukraine. The three Baltic states are afraid of Russia's next expansion. Historically, the three Baltic states have suffered from Russian aggression many times.
The three Baltic states announced their membership in 2004, and NATO made Russia its biggest rival after the collapse of the Soviet Union. As members of NATO, the three Baltic countries are also aiming to deal with Russia. The three Baltic states border Russia with large plains, and both sides need to be strong in the plains, and the plains are flat and suitable for tank troops. Russia currently has more than 10,000 tank units in its hands, and it is also a big threat to the three Baltic countries.
Thirdly, the three Baltic states want to get rid of Russian influence on themselves. There are also a large number of ethnic Russians in the three Baltic countries, and the Baltic Sea is also afraid of these ethnic Russians and chooses to cooperate with Russia, which has historically often used the opportunity of civil strife to meddle in the affairs of other countries. The three Baltic countries are also afraid that Russia is also arranging this method to solve itself.