In 1991 he apologised to Estonia for its forcible annexation by the Soviet Union.

1991年，他为前苏联曾武力吞并爱沙尼亚一事向该国致歉。

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It put Lithuania—literally—back on the world map, from which it had been wiped by its forcible annexation by the Soviet Union in 1940.

它使立陶宛能够重振国威，也正如这句成语字面上所表达出的意思，重登世界地图。 自1940年被苏联强行吞并后，立陶宛就从世界地图上消失了。

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Their forcible annexation into the Soviet Union in 1940 was one of the clearest and most outrageous consequences of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.

在1940年，他们被苏联强行吞并，这是促成里宾特洛甫条约最清晰和最令人发指的证明之一。

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