The '''Baltic States''' or '''Baltica''' consists of [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]]. All were annexed into the [[Soviet Union]] in 1940 as a result of the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop pact]], and separated from the Soviet Union in 1991. | The '''Baltic States''' or '''Baltica''' consists of [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]]. All were annexed into the [[Soviet Union]] in 1940 as a result of the [[Molotov-Ribbentrop pact]], and separated from the Soviet Union in 1991. |