Lithuania Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
country in northeastern Europe
About Lithuania
Some visitors tend to see theBaltic statesas being similar countries with regional differences. They share a common recent history: the three countries declared independence in 1918 at the collapse of theRussian Empire, were occupied by theSoviet Unionin 1940, conquered by Nazi Germany in 1941, and incorporated into the Soviet Union from 1944 until independence was restored in 1991. However, there are differences between the countries' languages (Estonians speak a Finnic language unlike Latvia or Lithuania) and religion (Lithuanians are Catholics, Latvians are mostly Lutherans and Estonians are irreligious). Also, Lithuania is more oriented towards Central Europe, while Estonia is oriented towards Northern Europe). Since 2004, Lithuania has been a member of the European Union and the North
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