Showing posts with label Baltics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baltics. Show all posts

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Are you familiar with the Baltic States?








Have you ever heard about the Baltic States and wondered if this is part of Africa or a piece of land in the Polar North, where trolls live to this day? Read on to get a glimpse of the Baltic States!

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Wilhelm von Urach - the German king of Lithuania or the eternal candidate?





After the First World War, or as it is called in Europe - The Great War, the Baltic States gained their independence from the Russian Empire and established (or, in Lithuania's case reestablished) their very own republics based on ethnic ground. This period is called the Interwar, the period of cultural and economical thrive that cannot be remembered without the occupation of Vilnius, that was shading the Lithuanian sun at the time. Because of this annexation, the capital of Lithuania (as it is now called the ´´Temporary Capital´´) became Kaunas.