Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea it is found in Northern Europe, encompassed from Skandjnavjki' Peninsula, the continental countries of Notherner, Eastern and Central Europe and Danish islands. It is channelled in the strait of Ka'ttegkat, who continues via the Ska'gkerak in Northern Sea and Atlantic Ocean. Baltic Sea is connected with White Sea from the Channel of White Sea and straight in Northern Sea from the Channel of Kiel.
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Name
First that him named Baltic Sea was A'ntam of Bremen and appear that it based the name on a big island, the Mpa'ltja, that anefe'retaj from Xenofondas and be placed in northern Europe. Likely is connected with German belt, a name that is used for certain of their Dane'zjkoys isthmuses, while other claim that comes from Latin balteus (area)[ 1 ]. From the use ayti'.o the term Baltic has been also applied in the term Baltic countries. A other proposed origin from Jndoeyrwpaj!ki' root * bhel (that it means white, bright), it resembles hypothetical and theoretical.
Baltic Sea is acquaintance in various languages as "Eastern Sea", "Western Sea" or "Baltic Sea":
- In German languages apart from English language is used the term Eastern Sea: Danish (Bstersben), Dutch (Oostzee), German (Ostsee), Norwegian (Bstersjben), and Swedish (Fstersjfn). Besides, Finnish, a Marsh-fjnnjki' language it has adopted and translated the Swedish term as Itdmeri, ignoring the make of that geographically sea it is found westwards Finland.
- In a other Marsh-fjnnjki' language, Esconjka', it is named Western Sea (Lddnemeri).
- The term Baltic Sea it is used in English (Baltic Sea), Latin (Mare Balticum) and the Rwmanjke's languages French (Mer Baltique), Italian (Mare Baltico), Rumanian (Marea Baltic), and Spanish (Mar Baltico), in Slavjke's languages Polish (Morze Ba?tyckie or Ba?tyk), Kasoyvjana' (Bt?t), and Russian (Baltiyskoye Morye (?????)) and in the Baltic languages Letonjka' (Baltijas j?ra) and Lithuanian (Baltijos j?ra).
History
At her duration Rwmaj!ki's of Empire, Baltic Sea was known as Mare Suebicum or Mare Sarmaticum. Tacitus in the Agkrjko'la and Gkerma'nja 98 m.H. it described the Ma're Soyempj'koym, named from the race Soye'mpj, at the anojxja'tjkoys months, as a yfa'lmiri sea when the ice in Northern Sea broke also big pieces they sailed on her.
From the season Viking, the Scandinavians him named "the Eastern Lake", but the Sa'xo Gkramma'tjkoys reported in the Gke'sta Ntano'roym a older name Gandvik.("-vik"in the Ancient Norwegian it means gulf, that implies that the Vikings rightly him considered strait of sea.)
Beyond fishes the sea provides also amber, mainly her southern coasts. The adjacent countries traditionally have supplied timber, xylo'pjssa, flax and cannabis. Sweden it allocated from the precocious medieval season a anciri' mining industry, particularly iron and silver. Poland it had and has still extensive mines of salt. All these have helped in the blossoming of trade from the Rwmaj!ki' season.
Cities
The bigger coastal cities are:
- Saint Petersburg (Russia) 4.700.000
- Stockholm (Sweden) 743.703 (metropolitan region 1.823.210)
- Copenhagen (Denmark) 502.204 (metropolitan region 1.823.109)
- Helsinki (Finland) 559.716 (metropolitan region 980.000)
- Rj'ga (Latvia) 760.000
- Gkntansk (Poland) 462.700
- Szczecin (Poland) 413.600
- Tallj'n (Estonia) 401.774
- Kalj'njngkrant (Russia) 400.000
- Ma'lme (Sweden) 259.579
- Gknty'nja (Poland) 255.600
- Kiel (Germany) 250.000
- Ljoy'mpek (Germany) 216.100
- Rostock (Germany) 212.700
- Klaj!pe'nta (Lithuania) 194.400
- Turku (Finland) 175.000
