The three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_states" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Baltic states">Baltic states</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Estonia">Estonia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Latvia">Latvia</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania" id="mw_w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a> fall under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_occupation_of_the_Baltic_states_(1940)" id="mwAQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1940)">occupation</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" id="mwAQE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>.