Chapter 520: Lithuania of the Three Baltic States

Ye Chao went ashore and spent some time in the Swedish harbor city of Gävle.

He felt that Sweden had almost gone all, and although he had not been able to cover every inch of Sweden, he wanted to go somewhere else to see it now.

Re-out of the Baltic Sea, Ye Chao heard that the scenery of the three Baltic countries is very good, and decided to come and support their tourism industry.

He was the first to arrive in Lithuania.

Lithuania is an ancient country with a glorious civilization, which has been competing with Russia for supremacy in Northern and Eastern Europe since ancient times, and then became a vassal state of the Russian Empire due to the decline of its national power and was eventually annexed.

It became independent after World War I, but was annexed by the Soviet Union during World War II and became one of the Soviet republics. On 11 March 1990, Lithuania declared its independence from the Soviet Union, and it was not until 6 September 1991 that the Soviet Union recognized its independence. It later joined the European Union and NATO.

Lithuania is a developed capitalist country, with a GDP of US$42.8 billion in 2011, a year-on-year increase of 5.9%, and a per capita GDP of about US$13,253. Food processing, wood processing, transportation and logistics, biotechnology, and laser technology are Lithuania's dominant industries.

On January 1, 2015, Lithuania became the 19th member of the Eurozone, which coincided with the 15th anniversary of the euro's birth.

Since the Paleolithic period, Lithuania has been settled by humans. In the 56th century AD, a class society emerged.

From the 12th century onwards, it was invaded by Germanic peoples.

In 1240 the unified Grand Duchy of Lithuania was formed.

In the 13th century, the Lithuanian nation was formed.

In the 1415th century, most of the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was in Western Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

In 15581583, Lithuania took part in the anti-Russian Livonian War.

In 1569, by the Treaty of Lublin, Poland and Lithuania merged to form the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania.

In 17951815 the whole of Lithuania (with the exception of the Klaipeda Territory) was annexed to Russia. The Lithuanian people took part in the Polish uprisings of 1830-1831 and 1863-1864.

During World War I, Lithuania was occupied by Germany.

On February 16, 1918, Lithuania declared its independence and established a bourgeois republic.

On June 4, 1918, the Kingdom of Lithuania was established, and on November 2, the Lithuanian parliament overturned its own resolution, and Lithuania became a republic.

From December 1918 to January 1919, Soviet power was established in most of the territory of Lithuania.

In February 1919, Lithuania and Belarus united to form the Lithuanian-Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, and in August of the same year, a bourgeois republic was established and independence was declared.

On September 28, 1926, the Soviet government concluded a non-aggression pact with Lithuania. In December of the same year, the fascists staged a coup d'état.

In 1940, Soviet troops occupied Lithuania.

After the outbreak of the Soviet-German war in 1941, Lithuania was occupied by the German ** team.

In 1944, Soviet troops reoccupied Lithuania and established the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, joining the Soviet Union.

On March 11, 1990, Lithuania declared its independence from the Soviet Union, which was not recognized by the Soviet Union. It was not until September 6, 1991 that the Soviet Union recognized the independence of Lithuania. On 17 September of the same year, Lithuania joined the United Nations.

China joined the WTO in May 2001.

Lithuania has a land area of 65,300 square kilometers, located in the east-central part of Europe (north latitude 3°54'~56°27', east longitude 20°56'~26°51'), bordering Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia and Poland to the southwest, and the Baltic Sea to the west.

The total length of the border is 1,644 km, and the length of the coastline is 90 km.

The topography of Lithuania is dominated by plains, with small hills in the west and high and low in the southeast, with the highest point at 293.6 meters above sea level.

Lithuania is one of the countries with the most lakes in Europe, with an area of more than 0.5 hectares and 2,830 lakes with a total area of 880 square kilometers, of which the largest Druksiai Lake covers an area of 4,479 hectares, with a total of 722 rivers, the longest river, the Neman River, has a total length of 937 kilometers, flows through Lithuania for a length of 475 kilometers, and flows into the Baltic Sea from east to west.

The climate of Lithuania is between an oceanic and continental climate, with long winters, heavy rain and snow, and little sunshine; From mid-September to mid-March, the temperature is the lowest, and the average temperature in January is -4°C-7°C; Summers are shorter and cooler, with longer hours of daylight; Late June to early August is the warmest, with an average temperature of 16-20°C in July.

Let's talk about resources......

Lithuania has relatively poor mineral resources such as oil and natural gas, and mainly relies on imports.

The main resources are oil, peat, gypsum, limestone, clay and sand in the western region and the continental shelf of the Baltic Sea, iron ore and granite in the southeast, as well as dolomite, mineral water, geothermal and other resources.

Forest resources......

Lithuania is rich in forests and water resources. The larger forests are mainly concentrated in the south and southeast, with a forest area of 1,975,500 hectares and a forest coverage rate of more than 30%. It is mostly coniferous forest, mainly squirrels. The main tree species are oak and birch. The forest is also rich in mushrooms, berries, and herbs.

Animal Resources......

There are more than 70 species of mammals, 13 species of flying squirrels, and protected white rabbits, lynxes and wolves.

Lithuania has 330 species of birds, 99 species of fish, of which 26 species are marine fish. 15,000 species of insects and invertebrates.

Lithuania belongs to the East 2nd Zone, with a 6-hour difference from Beijing time. Daylight saving time is implemented from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October every year, with a time difference of 5 hours from Beijing.

Agriculture is relatively developed.

After independence, the economy moved towards a market economy through the privatization of enterprises, and the economic situation was basically stable.

There are three free economic zones in the country: Kaunas, Klaipeda and Šiauliai, where there is a good investment climate: there is a road network of European standards, 4 international airports, ice-free ports (on the East Baltic coast) and the first satellite communication system in the region. Industry is the pillar industry of Lithuania and consists mainly of three major sectors: mining and quarrying, processing and manufacturing, and energy industry.

The industrial categories are relatively complete, mainly food, wood processing, textile, chemical industry, machinery manufacturing, chemical industry, petrochemical industry, electronic industry, metal processing industry, etc., and the production of high-precision machine tools, instruments, electronic computers and other products are sold in more than 80 countries and regions around the world.

Vilnius, the capital, is the industrial center of the country, accounting for more than two-thirds of Lithuania's total industrial output.

Agriculture is dominated by animal husbandry at a relatively high level, accounting for more than 90 percent of the output value of agricultural products. Crops include flax, potatoes, sugar beets and various vegetables, and cereal yields are low.

Lithuania's electronics, textile and food processing industries are relatively developed, and the export of sugar, milk and meat products has certain advantages. The transformation of the market economy has been basically completed, and the output value of non-state-owned enterprises accounts for 73 percent of GDP.