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I have already shown you two former USSR Republics that joined the European Union. Now it’s time for the third one - Lithuania. I decided to explore whether a truly European country was made of it, talked with local officials about reforms and geopolitics, found out how Lithuanians feel about the collapse of the USSR and whether they like living in their country. We also discussed the deportation to Siberia and, of course, the famous Lithuanian basketball!
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Start
00:04:45 History of Lithuania: Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Union of Lublin, Rzeczpospolita
00:06:34 Lithuania in the 20th century: two wars, dictatorship, Klaipeda, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
00:08:19 Lithuania joins the USSR
00:10:42 How Lithuania lived as part of the USSR
00:12:49 The struggle of Lithuanian nationalists against the communists during the Second World War
00:17:16 Attitude towards the arrival of Soviet soldiers
00:17:54 "The Path to Freedom": the struggle for the independence of Lithuania through the eyes of children, and the official rhetoric of the state
00:19:45 Victims of Soviet repressions
00:23:43 Attitude towards joining the USSR
00:24:59 Mass extermination of Jews in Lithuania
00:32:16 Monument to the victims of fascism in Kaunas
00:33:07 "Russians, get out!"
00:35:52 "Sąjūdis" - the movement for the independence of Lithuania
00:38:20 "Baltic Way" - a living chain, 670 km long
00:41:04 Restoration of independence of the Republic of Lithuania
00:53:19 Development of the Lithuanian economy
00:54:21 Ignalina NPP: from exporter to importer
01:03:13 Visaginas - Lithuanian Pripyat, in which there is life
01:06:24 Reserve of Soviet panels
01:10:17 The most Russian city in Lithuania
01:16:37 Is there any nostalgia for the USSR?
01:18:41 Economic reforms in Lithuania
01:20:13 How the Lithuanian economy grew
01:22:55 Difficulties of the European integration
01:27:28 Referendum and further dependence on the EU
01:33:24 What does Lithuania live on?
01:35:52 Digitalization of the country
01:37:50 How much do Lithuanians earn
01:39:24 About the departure of Lithuanians
01:40:47 How Lithuania is becoming more and more European
01:43:03 What remains of the Soviet in Lithuania?
01:47:01 Grutas Park, Kudirki Square, Green Bridge and Vytautas the Great Bridge - places where the memory of the USSR has been preserved
01:54:53 Lithuanian basketball
01:56:47 How residential districts were designed under the USSR
02:02:10 The main symbols of the Soviet Union
02:04:18 You don't have to live in anthills!
02:05:31 Sports Palace is an example of Lithuanian brutalism
02:06:45 Airport in Stalin's Empire style
02:07:45 Russians and Russian language in Lithuania
02:14:23 Russification in the Soviet period
02:15:29 Why did Lithuania become a center of political emigration?
02:18:53 Boris Nemtsov Square
02:20:48 Refuge for Belarusian oppositionists
02:24:55 Migration problem
02:27:14 Attitude towards Russia and the Kremlin
02:30:40 Kaunas urban environment
02:35:09 Results