From Memel to Klaipeda
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VYGANTAS VAREIKIS
Europe before the WWI
Memel
(Klaipeda)
Baltic Region in 1920
March 1939: Hitler in Memel/Klaipeda
August 1939: Agreement between Hitler and
Stalin
1945 Re-occupation of the Baltic States by
the Soviet Union
Regime changes in the Baltic States
• 1940-1941: 1. Soviet regime
• 1941-1944: 2. Nazi Germany
• 1944-1990: 3. Soviet regime
After World War II
• Baltic States were re-occupied by the Soviets
• Forced immigration of Russians
• Russification
• 1948 / 1949: compulsive collectivisation of the
agriculture
• Mass deportations
• 1945 - 1953 Partisan war: Anti - Soviet movement
Klaipeda from 1989 until today
- after Gorbatschow`s Perestroika
Independence of Lithuania 1990
- Reconstruction of Klaipeda city
- Establishment of international relations
- Importance of Klaipeda port for Lithuanian
economy
International trade cooperation
Klaipeda Port
Klaipeda University
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