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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.

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1 Central Europe --Chapter 15--

2 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?

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

4 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

5 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)

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

7 IV. The Czech Republic & Slovakia

8 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

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

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

12 …that’s all folks!!

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