Each country has its own language: Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian. None of these languages are part of the Slavic language group, which contains Russian. When part of the USSR Russian was taught in schools, but English displaced Russian as the main foreign language soon after independence. For many the Russian language is a reminder of the Soviet occupation and they would rather not speak it even if they can. There are Russian minorities in all three Baltic states with the largest concentration being in Riga, the capital of Latvia.