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Why Almost No One Lives in the Baltic Countries | Geography by Geoff Reaction

Original video:    • Why Almost Nobody Lives In The Baltic Coun...   Please head over and show Geoff some love! Why So Few People Live in the Baltics? (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) — Reaction & Deep Dive Today we’re reacting to Geography by Geoffon why the Baltic states—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—have such small populations despite being modern, high-quality places to live. Geography and history are inseparable here: ice-age landscapes, flat invasion corridors, crusading orders, empires, WWII devastation, Soviet deportations, post-2004 EU migration… it all adds up. What we cover Glacial geography 101: kettles, moraines, bogs, and why the East European Plain is “wide open.” Signature places: West Estonian archipelago, Lake Peipus, Gauja NP’s Devonian cliffs/caves, Curonian Spit. State formation & clash of orders: Teutonic/Livonian Orders vs. a rising Grand Duchy of Lithuania and eventually the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Twentieth-century ruptures: occupations, mass deportations (hundreds of thousands across the Baltics), demographic collapse, and the Singing Revolution. Modern demography: how EU labor mobility + low fertility shrank populations—and why Estonia & Lithuania are ticking up again. Chapters 00:00 Intro: why geography + history belong together 01:20 Ice sheets, kettles & moraines—how the Baltic plain formed 04:45 Estonia: islands, Lake Peipus, very low relief 08:55 Latvia: rivers, Gulf of Riga, Gauja National Park 11:16 Lithuania: lake country & the Curonian Spit 14:25 Medieval to early modern: Teutonic & Livonian Orders; Grand Duchy of Lithuania → Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 18:10 Empires & russification; national awakenings 19:55 1918 independence → Molotov-Ribbentrop → occupations 21:40 WWII losses, Holocaust, deportations, Forest Brothers 23:35 1991 independence; EU/NATO 2004; out-migration & low birth rates 26:10 Green shoots: population rebounds & why the future looks brighter 27:05 Closing thoughts + viewer requests My channels: History Reactions:    / @happys_history_reactions   Main History:    / @happyshistory   (coming soon) Gaming:    / @happy_gaming_channel   #Baltics #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #HistoryReaction #TeutonicKnights