Lithuania was already an established empire during the lateMiddle Ages. According to the European Commission, The first known reference to Lithuania as “Litua” comes from the Quedlinburg Chronicle dated March 9, 1009. In the 11th century, facts about Lithuania also appear in the Ruthenian chroni...
Foreign languages in Lithuania Spoken by some 70% of the population,Russianis still the most popular second language in Lithuania, although this is declining. The Russian language was both mandatory and ubiquitous during theSoviet occupation (1940-1990), making virtually everybody in the older gener...
Thanks to its location on the confluence of two major rivers Kaunas was important for trade since its establishment in the Medieval era. By this time most of the trade went by rivers as there were no roads in Lithuania and everything was surrounded by lush forests. Unfortunately, riv...
Lithuania, and Latvia, or like other Nordic countries, Denmark and Norway, by Nazi Germany. However, the Nazis fought a scorched earth campaign in late 1944 and early 1945 against Finland when Finland turned on them to reclaim their nation and make peace with the USSR. The Germans left a ...
Latvia’s main trading partners are nearby nations, such as Lithuania, Estonia, United Kingdom, and Germany.2 Can You Still Exchange Lats for the Euro? Yes, people who still have lats can exchange their banknotes and coins indefinitely at the Latvijas Banka (Latvia's central bank) at the ...
The region is sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, and the Baltic Sea./AFP Origins The region was historically part of Prussia, and later Germany. Known as Königsberg, or 'King's Mountain,' it centered around a Hanseatic port city which was later the home of the Teutonic Knights - a...
Sovereign States: Decline from 1913 to 1916. Rise from 1916 to 1919. At the dawn of the 20th century, the number of sovereign states in the world was at an all-time low. This was after the conquest of most independent Africa – only 10 percent of it wa
Germany was planning that most of the client states that Germany would create would be a constitutional monarchy, especially Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Finland and the Baltic states. And do not forget that Frederick Charles, the main candidate for the position of the Finnish ki...
Germany was planning that most of the client states that Germany would create would be a constitutional monarchy, especially Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Finland and the Baltic states. And do not forget that Frederick Charles, the main candidate for the position of the Finnish kin...
Klaipėda region and Lithuania between the wars (1918-1945) After Germany‘s loss of World War 1 its non-German areas were annexed to other countries, such as Denmark or Poland. While Klaipėda city's population of 45 000 was 70% German, its more populous surroundings were 70% Lithuanian...