World Atlas: The Baltic States

Author: Li Xinghan (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: This book comprehensively introduces the natural geography, historical changes, and current status of the three Baltic states—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—across various fields such as politics, economy, military, culture, science and technology, education, sports, health, and foreign affairs. Such a book is a first of its kind in China for readers. Mr. Li Xinghan, the author, is a senior expert at the Institute of Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He has long been engaged in research on the foreign relations of the Soviet Union and the Baltic States, and is one of the few experts in China specializing in the study of the Baltic States. He has published numerous papers and reports, including "Research on the National Conditions of the Baltic States" and "The Independence of the Baltic States and the Dissolution of the Soviet Union."