[DOC] [TLE] Baltic states - Wikipedia [PAR] The Baltic states, also known as the Baltics, Baltic nations or Baltic countries are 
the three ... After the collapse of Livonia, parts of Latvia and Estonia came under 
... The Baltic states gained independence after the First World War, but were .... 
by the Baltic sea that had gained independence from Russia in its aftermath. [DOC] [TLE] History of Vilnius - Wikipedia [PAR] This article is about the history of Vilnius, the capital and largest city of Lithuania. 
.... In 1769 the Rasos Cemetery was founded; today it is one of the oldest ... 
Russian Empire and became the capital of Vilna Governorate, a part of the ... Act 
proclaimed restoration of the independent state of Lithuania with Vilnius as its 
capital. [DOC] [TLE] History of Lithuania - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of Lithuania dates back to settlements founded many thousands of 
years ago, but the first written record of the name for the country dates back to 
1009 AD. Lithuanians, one of the Baltic peoples, later conquered neighboring 
lands ... It remained fiercely independent and was one of the last areas of Europe 
to... [DOC] [TLE] Lithuania - Wikipedia [PAR] Location of Lithuania (dark green).  in Europe (green & dark grey)  in the 
European Union .... It implied that Lithuania, the fiercely independent land, was 
one of the last ... The largest area of Lithuanian territory became part of the 
Russian Empire. ... The Vilnius Region and Vilnius, the historical capital of 
Lithuania (and so... [DOC] [TLE] Vilnius - Wikipedia [PAR] Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania and its largest city, with a population of 542,664 
as of 2015. Vilnius is located in the southeast part of Lithuania and is the second 
largest ... Historian Romas Batra identifies the city with Voruta, one of the castles 
of Mindaugas, .... Poland and Lithuania both perceived the city as their own. [DOC] [TLE] History of Belarus - Wikipedia [PAR] West Belarus (191939); Modern Belarus (from 1991). Belarus portal  v  t  e. 
This article describes the history of Belarus. The Belarusian ethnos is traced at 
least as far in time as other East Slavs. After an initial period of independent 
feudal consolidation, Belarusian lands ... East Slavs settled on the territory of 
present-day Belarus, Russia and... [DOC] [TLE] History of Latvia - Wikipedia [PAR] The History of Latvia began around 9000 BC with the end of the last glacial 
period in northern ... Latvia's capital city Riga, founded in 1201 by Germans at the 
mouth of the ... it had become one of the most developed parts of the Russian 
Empire. ... the Latvian War of Independence, Latvia finally won sovereign 
independence,... [DOC] [TLE] History of Lithuania: Complete, Yet Brief | True Lithuania [PAR] In the era only one small tribe from area around Vilnius was known as ... 
established a goal for Lithuania independent of both Russia and Poland. ... This 
has left deep economical, pscyhological and spiritual scars in the Lithuanian 
nation. ..... rule except for its northernmost part, the Klaipda Region (German: 
Memelland),... [DOC] [TLE] INTRODUCTION [PAR] The Lithuanians have preserved one of the oldest languages in the world, a 
unique ... Sea, including Byelorussia, a part of Russia and a considerable portion 
of the Ukraine. ... In 1410 the joint Lithuanian-Polish army, commanded by 
Vytautas and ... and recognized Lithuania as an independent state with its capital 
Vilnius. [DOC] [TLE] Vilnius.info - History of Vilnius [PAR] Two nations  Poland and Lithuania claimed the city, and two powerful states 
Russia and Germany tried to include Vilnius and its area in their empires. ... It has 
been originally a Lithuanian town, but as the Polish-Lithuanian Union ... this part 
of Europe, Vilnius also grew rapidly becoming multicultural, vibrant, ... 1944  
1991 [DOC] [TLE] Baltic states | region, Europe | Britannica.com [PAR] Independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 allowed the Baltic states to place ... 
while ethnic Latvians made up just less than three-fifths of their nation's 
population. ... being Vilnius and Kaunas in

Question: Once part of Poland & Russia, this nation with Vilnius as its capital won independence in 1991
Answer: Lithuania