Today is nemaloznachimuyu Baltic region of Northern Europe.One of the most important historical and economic points of the region is Pomerania.This administrative and sovereign area that previously was called the Baltic provinces.Deal with the question: "Baltic States - is what the country and the state?"- Help to historical and economic review of the region.
Formation edge
word "Baltics" comes from the sea, which is located on the banks of the region.For a long time for the sole power in the territory they fought German and Swedish people.It is they who in the 16th century for the most part made up the population of Baltic.Many locals leave the region in search of a quiet life, and in their place the family moved conquerors.At the time, the area became known as Sveyskoy.
has run endless bloody wars thanks to Peter I, the army will not leave a wet spot on, and the enemy forces of the Swedes.Now the Baltic nations could sleep without worrying about tomorrow.United Provinces began to carry the name of the Baltic provinces, part of the Russian Empire.
Many historians are still struggling with the question of whether, while the Baltic States - a country which was.Reply uniquely difficult for him, because in the 18th century lived in the territory of dozens of peoples with their own culture and traditions.The region was divided into administrative part, the province, but those countries it was not.Differentiation occurred much later, evidenced by numerous records in historical documents.
During World German troops occupied the Baltic states.For years, the region has remained a German duchy on the territory of Russia.Only decades later the monarchy began to share in the bourgeois and capitalist republic.
Joining the USSR
Baltic States in its present form began to form only in the early 1990s.However, the territorial formation occurred in the postwar period in the late 1940s.Joining the Baltic States to the Soviet Union, dated August 1939, by mutual agreement of non-aggression between the Soviet Union and the German republic.The agreement had been prescribed, and the border area, and the degree of impact on the economy by two derzhav.Tem Yet most foreign political scientists and historians believe that the region was totally occupied by the Soviet authorities.But if they remember the Baltic States - a country which, and how they are formed?The association includes Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.All these states were formed and formed precisely because of the Soviet Union.Yet Western experts agree that Russia is obliged to pay financial compensation to the Baltic countries during the years of occupation and atrocities.Russian Foreign Ministry, in turn, insists that the accession to the Soviet Union in the region without prejudice to any canons of international law.
division of the Republic
After the Soviet collapse, many countries gained sovereignty legitimized, but the Baltic states gained independence in the early 1991.Later, in September, the new Covenant on the political system in the region was reinforced by the provisions of the State Council of the USSR.
Separation republics passed peacefully, without political and civil conflicts.However Balts themselves believe the continuation of the tradition of the modern state system until 1940, ie until the occupation by the Soviet Union.To date, a number of resolutions signed by the US Senate and the Council of Europe on forced incorporation of the Baltic states within the USSR.Thus the Western powers are trying to set up the neighboring republics and their citizens against Rossii.Konflikt exacerbated in recent years and demands for compensation for the occupation of the Russian Federation.It is noteworthy that in the documents listed the name of a generalized area "Baltic."This is what the country really?These include today Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.With regard to the Kaliningrad region, it is a part of the Russian Federation today.
Geographic Region
the Baltics is located on the European plain.From the north it is bordered by the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea.The eastern boundary is the Valdai Hills, and Southwest - the Polesie lowlands.The coast region is represented by Estonian, Courland, and Kurgalsky Semba Peninsula, as well as the Curonian and Vistula braids.The largest bays are considered Riga, Finland and Narva.
highest cape - Taran (60 meters).A large part of the coastal border of the region is of sand and clay, also in steep cliff.Just the Curonian Spit stretches for 98 kilometers along the Baltic Sea.Its width in some places reaches 3800 m. The local sand dunes by volume ranks third in the world (6 cu. Km).The highest point is Mount Gaizins Baltic countries - more than 310 meters.
Republic Latvia
state capital - Riga.Location Republic - Northern Europe.The country has about 2 million people, despite the fact that the territory of the region covers an area of just 64,600 square meters.km.As the number of Latvia occupies 147th place in the world list.Here are all the peoples of the Baltic States and the Soviet Union: Russian, Poles, Belarusians, Jews, Ukrainians, Lithuanians, Germans, Gypsies and others. Of course, most of the population are Latvians (77%).System of government - unitary republic parliament.The region is divided into 119 administrative units.
main income sources of the country are tourism, logistics, banking and the food industry.
Republic of Lithuania
geographical location of the country - the northern part of Europe.The main city of the republic - Vilnius.It is worth noting that the population of the Baltic states is almost half because of the Lithuanians.In their native state is home to about 1.7 million.Total population of the country is a little less than 3 million. Lithuania bordering the Baltic Sea, to which the ship has established trade route.Most of the territory is occupied by plains, fields and forests.Also in Lithuania for more than 3 thousand lakes and small rivers.Because of the direct contact with the sea climate of the region unstable, in transition.In summer the temperature rarely exceeds 22 degrees.The main source of the state of return - production of oil and gas.
Republic Estonia
Located on the northern coast of the Baltic Sea.The capital - Tallinn.Most of the territory is washed by the Gulf of Finland and Riga.Estonia has a common border with Russia.
population of the republic is more than 1.3 million people, one third of them hold Russian.In addition to the Estonians and Russians who live here Ukrainians, Belarusians, Tatars, Finns, Germans, Lithuanians, Jews, Latvians, Armenians and other narody.Glavnym source of replenishment of the state treasury is industry.In 2011, Estonia held a translation of the national currency to the euro.Today, the parliamentary republic is considered moderately.GDP per capita is around 21 thousand euros.
Kaliningrad region
the region has a unique geographical location.The fact that this entity, owned by the Russian Federation, has no common borders with the country.It is located in Northern Europe in the Baltic area.It is the administrative center of Russia.It covers an area of 15,100 square meters.km.The population lacks even a million - 969,000 people.
region borders with Poland, Lithuania and the Baltic Sea.It is considered the most western point of Russia.
main economic sources are oil, coal, peat, amber, and the electrical industry.
