Baltic States Quiz

The three Baltic states are Estonia (capital: Tallinn), Latvia (capital: Riga), and Lithuania (capital: Vilnius). Together they occupy the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Finland and the Gulf of Finland to the north, Russia to the east, Belarus to the southeast, Poland and Kaliningrad (Russia) to the south, and the Baltic Sea to the west. All three countries were forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940 and regained independence in 1991 - They were the first Soviet republics to do so.

Baltic Geography and Context

The Baltic states are flat, heavily forested, and dotted with lakes and rivers. Riga, Latvia's capital, is the largest city in the three countries and the historical commercial hub of the eastern Baltic. All three Baltic states joined both NATO and the European Union in 2004, making them among the fastest-integrating post-Soviet nations. The Baltic Sea itself is one of the world's largest brackish water bodies, nearly enclosed by Scandinavia, the Baltic states, Poland, Germany, and Denmark. Explore more with our Scandinavian countries map quiz, European countries map quiz, and Balkan countries map quiz.