By Jessica Reaves
The Baltic states don't get much respect in modern history lessons. In fact, the brutal, decades-long Soviet occupation of the Baltics—Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania—is hardly mentioned. Ditto the countries' paths to independence: While Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution elicits a nod of recognition, Estonia's Singing Revolution will get you a blank stare......
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