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    Baltic Germans (German: Deutsch-Balten or Deutschbalten, later Baltendeutsche) are ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in...
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    the medieval foundation of Terra Mariana. Most of the nobility were Baltic Germans, but with the changing political landscape over the centuries, Polish...
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    composed of 35 Baltic Germans, 13 Estonians, and 11 Latvians, passed a resolution calling upon the German Emperor to recognise the Baltic provinces as a...
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     Latvia  Lithuania Baltia Baltic Entente Baltic Free Trade Area Baltic Germans Baltic governorates Baltic region Baltic Tiger Baltic Way Baltoscandia List...
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  • to Germany) and the population fell by half to roughly 1 million. 597,212 Germans self-identified as such in the 2002 Russian census, making Germans the...
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    March 24, 1918. The German Ober Ost occupation-authorities under the command of Prince Leopold of Bavaria favored the Baltic Germans, who had been the most...
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  • (or Baltic peoples), ethnic groups speaking the Baltic languages and/or originating from the Baltic countries Baltic Germans, historical ethnic German minority...
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  • This is a list of notable Baltic Germans. Alfred Aschenkampff (1858–1914), architect (Latvia) Paul Max Bertschy (1840–1911), city architect of Liepāja...
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  • usually meaning German citizens living abroad), or a more specific term denoting the area of settlement, such as Baltic Germans or Volga Germans (Wolgadeutsche)...
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    ("ethnic Germans") is a historical term which arose in the early 20th century and was used by the Nazis to describe ethnic Germans, without German citizenship...
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    process of Germanization was begun. Ethnic Germans were evacuated from territories occupied by the Soviets in 1940, notably Bessarabia and the Baltic States...
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    Kazakhstan Germans History of Germans in Russia and the Soviet Union Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Volhynia Russian Mennonites Baltic Germans...
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    Latvians, and Lithuanians considered the Germans liberators from the Soviet Union. The Germans agreed to leave the Baltic states, except for Lithuania (which...
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  • The Deutsch-Baltische Gesellschaft ("German-Baltic Society") is an organization which represents Baltic German refugees expelled from Estonia and Latvia...
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    The Baltic Sea Region, alternatively the Baltic Rim countries (or simply the Baltic Rim), and the Baltic Sea countries/states, refers to the general area...
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    such as Wolgadeutsche or Volga Germans, the ethnic Germans living in the Volga basin in Russia; and Baltic Germans, who generally called themselves...
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    Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1918) (category Baltic-German people)
    in the German-occupied Courland Governorate by a council composed of Baltic Germans, who offered the crown of the once-autonomous duchy to Kaiser Wilhelm...
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    The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and...
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    Riga (category Port cities and towns of the Baltic Sea)
    Baltic, and despite demographic changes, the Baltic Germans in Riga had maintained a dominant position. By 1867, Riga's population was 42.9% German....
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    Balts (redirect from Baltic peoples)
    the Baltic Sea. By 1840, German nobles of the Governorate of Livonia adopted the term "Balts" to distinguish themselves from Germans of Germany. They...
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    during the German occupation. In 1941, the Lithuanians had overthrown Soviet rule two days before the Germans arrived in Kaunas. The Germans allowed the...
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    Latvia (category Baltic states)
    the Baltic Germans left Latvia by agreement between Ulmanis's government and Nazi Germany under the Heim ins Reich programme. In total 50,000 Baltic Germans...
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    History of Latvia (category Articles containing German-language text)
    Germans, who quickly established occupational regime which lasted until November 11, 1918. During this time Germans tried to create the United Baltic...
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    1941 the Germans invaded the Soviet Union. The Baltic states, recently Sovietized by threats, force, and fraud, generally welcomed the German armed forces...
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    Sea Germans are distinct from similar groups of settlers (the Bessarabia Germans, Crimea Germans, Dobrujan Germans, Russian Mennonites, Volga Germans, and...
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    Poland and the Baltic states, the remaining Baltic Germans were evacuated to German-occupied Poland. In 1949, the present Association of Baltic Noble Corporations...
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    their Baltic neighbours, the Lithuanians had to accede to the ultimatum. In September, the Germans occupied Czechoslovakia. Next, the Germans aimed to...
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    French invasion of Russia (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    the senior Russian commanders were mostly ethnic Germans, being either Baltic German nobility or Germans who had entered Russian service. At the time the...
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  • (Carpathian Germans) Memelland, Estonia and Latvia (Baltic Germans) Poland (see History of Poland during the Piast dynasty) Walddeutsche Bulgaria (see Germans in...
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  • Russians in Germany Ethnic Germans in the old Russian Empire or present-day Russia: Russia Germans Baltic Germans Black Sea Germans Caucasus Germans Crimea...
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