Apart from Poland and Finland, the three Baltic States were the only Imperial Russian territories to win their independence after the Great War.
This despite a Red Army effort to reclaim them in 1919, which was opposed by an uneasy coalition: the Allies, the Germans, Poland, anti-Bolshevik Russian, and of course, Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian nationalists.
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Opening Theme
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Composed in 1876 by Edvard Grieg. Public domain.
Performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Public domain recording. Source.
Closing Theme
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