lithuania

     

– on the European continent  (camel & white) – in the European Union  (camel)                  [Legen]

Trivia about lithuania

  • Valdas Adamkus, a resident of the Chicago area since 1949, became president of this country in 1998
  • The 3 Baltic states are Estonia, Latvia & this other country
  • Once part of Poland & Russia, this nation with Vilnius as its capital won independence in 1991
  • After a long struggle, Estonia, Latvia & this Baltic republic gained their independence September 6, 1991
  • After a 2-year war for independence from Russia, its city of Vilnius was captured by Poland in 1920
  • Union with this Baltic country in 1386 made Poland Europe's largest country
  • This is the largest & southernmost of the Baltic republics
  • This Baltic country's major cities include Kaunas, Klaipeda & Vilnius
  • Vilnius
  • Latvia,Lithuania,Estonia
  • In 2009 Vilnius-born Dalia Grybauskaite became president of this country
  • The capital of this country is on the Vilnia River
  • L.A. has as its sister city this country's second-largest city, Kaunas, not its largest, Vilnius
  • I am from this republic that borders Russia, Poland & Belarus
  • Lietuvos Respublika
  • From 1569 to the late 1700s, Poland & this Baltic nation it borders were united under a single parliament
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The small Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, home to one of Russia's ice-free European ports, borders this Baltic state to the east