Central Europe --Chapter 15--. III. Poland & the Baltic Countries Poland’s landscape = Northern European Plain! Northern European Plain! U.S.S.R. stands.

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Central Europe --Chapter 15--

III. Poland & the Baltic Countries Poland’s landscape = Northern European Plain! Northern European Plain! U.S.S.R. stands for… Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Baltic Countries Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania Estonia, Latvia, LithuaniaKaliningrad Exclave? Exclave?

Kaliningrad Originally part of Germany (“Konigsberg”) WWII = USSR Importance = Russia’s only ice-free Baltic port ice-free Baltic port STALIN LENIN KALININ

A. Poland Language?Religion?Capital?Ghetto? Warsaw Jews (WWII)? Warsaw Jews (WWII)? Main seaport = Gdansk (ship building city) Gdansk (ship building city) Post-Cold War economy = free-market! 2004 = joined EU 2004 = joined EU

Solidarity Movement (Poland) Founded by Lech Walesa (1980) in the Lenin shipyards (Gdansk) Non-communist trade union Led anti-communist movement against USSR Led anti-communist movement against USSR Internment vs. imprisonment? Internment vs. imprisonment? Walesa: Nobel Peace Prize (1983)

B. The Baltic Countries Early settlers Balts & Finns Balts & FinnsTrade? Estonia & ? Language & Religion? Language & Religion? Latvia & ? Lithuania & ? All joined EU in 2004

IV. The Czech Republic & Slovakia

A. History Once part of Austo-Hungarian Empire Independence after WWI Independence after WWI Czech Rep. (Industrial) & Slovakia (Agricultural) = Czechoslovakia Complementary Region WWII: Germany Post WWII: USSR Velvet Revolution (1989) Velvet Revolution (1989) 1993: Czechoslovakia split Czech Republic & Slovakia Czech Republic & Slovakia

Velvet Revolution: peaceful overthrow of Communist Govt. in Czechoslovakia (1989)

B. The Czech Republic & Slovakia Czech Republic: Capital? Capital? Economy? Economy? EU? EU? Euro? Euro?Slovakia: Capital? Capital? Economy? Economy? EU? EU? Euro? Euro?

…that’s all folks!!