Lithuania

These four kids are leaving their homes in Lithuania with hopes of making it to America and reuniting with their family again. After being sceptical of each other they decide to work together to get to the ports. Their journey is long and harsh, filled of hunger and fear. After arriving at the ports…

problems began in 1654-1667 when Bogdon Chelmenytsky, a Cossack, pledged to Russia, devastated the kingdom. Just prior to its division among Russia, Prussia, and Austria, Poland's Jewish population reached 430,000 (excluding Eastern Galicia). In Lithuania, there were 157,300 Jews. History of the Jewish People. The economic breakdown in the Commonwealth in the second half of the 17th century has often been seen as a result of the destruction of the country caused by wars. There were also…

describe a situation in which a small or weak person or organization tries to defeat another much larger or stronger opponent’ (Dictionary, 2016). The natural question to this arises, why discussions about such tactics should be important to the Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, popularly known as the three Baltic states? And indeed to analyse this topic in depth, the overarching subject is the threat for the security of the three Baltic states. What is the question which truly unites the three…

countries. Sensitive to Russian concerns that US Active Duty military cooperation activities would appear threating, the DOD established the National Guard State Partnership for Peace program. Starting in the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, this program paired US National Guard soldiers and airmen with their partner countries militaries creating an environment to build partner capacity, support military reform and professionalization efforts, and developing and…

Immediate changes resulting from the successful Reagan-Gorbachev Compromise include the Soviet troop withdrawal out of Afghanistan and the ending of civil conflicts in Angola, Ethiopia, and Southeast Asia, leading to negotiated settlements. Positive effects of the Reagan-Gorbachev Compromise include the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the development of technologies for nuclear power and energy, and the use of radiation for improving medical treatment and health. The negative effects…

Ruta Sepetys was born November 19, 1967 in Michigan. She had an American mother and a Lithuanian father. She was brought up in a family of readers, artists, and music lovers. She wrote a lot even as a child and often times her teacher would let her read to the class. When Ruta had attended college, she went to study opera but graduated with a degree in international finance. Before beginning her literary career, she built and ran an entertainment management company in Los Angeles. Her novel…

In Lithuania, for instance, according to the survey Adult Education done by Eurostat in 2009, more than 90% of adults know at least one foreign language and more than two thirds of them know it at a good or proficient level (data based on self-reported statements). The numbers are engaging compared to some other European countries. Multilingualism expands and promotes change, understanding and appreciation of the new languages of the united and diverse Europe. For small nations as Lithuania it…

Unveiling Past Heroes The Holocaust is a catastrophic part of human history that revealed many heroes through its destruction. The Holocaust was born through Hitler’s twisted “campaign against the Jews” that started with his rise to chancellor of Germany in January 30,1933. He thought that to protect the supreme Aryan race he would have to get rid of all Jews. By the end of Europe’s war in May 8,1945 approximately six million Jews were killed and five thousand communities destroyed. Hitler…

After World War II, the United States and the USSR came out as the world's major powers. The war caused many nations to become politically and economically unstable, such as Europe and Asia. "The Second World War had a deeply unsettling effect on the international system" (Norton, Mary Beth. Chapter 24: The Cold War and American Globalism 1945-1961. In A People & A Nation, p. 718). The two superpowers had very different views on how to fix the global economy and soon became a competition on…

The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, is a fictional literary work that illustrates the labor conditions in the Chicago stockyards, describing the harsh realities immigrants faced and exposing the callous side of human nature. The Jungle is a depressing realization of how unregulated capitalistic corporation and monopolies treated human beings as less than human, with complete disregard for the workers' well-being. Throughout the book, Sinclair displays the struggles of an immigrant family in order…