This delay slowed subsequent Soviet operations in the Baltic Sea region.

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Usage of Baltic and similar terms to denote the region east of the sea started only in 19th century.

Kandalaksha Gulf lies in the western part of the White Sea it is the deepest part of the sea, reaching 340 metres (1,115 feet).

Fish from the Baltic Sea is another potential export resource.

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Not only are his Baltic Sea and English Channel dry, but most of the North Sea and a vast region to the west, easily including Ireland, are, too.

On the west coast of the Baltic Sea, they became known as the Baltic Vikings.

In 1419, one of the earliest universities in Europe, the University of Rostock, was founded.

A series of trials were then conducted, first in the North Sea and then in the Baltic.

Kievan Rus' The establishment of the first East Slavic states in the 9th century coincided with the arrival of Varangians , the traders, warriors and settlers from the Baltic Sea region.

The Łyna and the Angrapa flow by way of the Pregolya to the Baltic, and the Czarna Hańcza flows into the Baltic through the Neman.

It was a beautiful Sunday morning at the baltic sea.

The island of Bornholm is located east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea.

Beginning in the 14th century, the Baltic Sea became one of the most important trade routes.

It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the northeast.

I said that the capture of Leningrad was not our goal and that we should not take part in it.

The Soviet authorities deport more than 92,000 people from the Baltics to remote areas of the Soviet Union.

Rostock is on the Warnow river the quarter of Warnemünde north of the city centre is directly at the coast of the Baltic Sea.

Floods in Saint Petersburg are triggered by a long wave in the Baltic Sea, caused by meteorological conditions, winds and shallowness of the Neva Bay.

Simultaneously Hanover gained from the resolution of the Great Northern War which had been caused by rivalry between Sweden and Russia for control of the Baltic.

Continuously submerged populations in the Baltic Sea are very responsive to turbulent conditions.

1617 Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.

Distinct moderating influence of the Baltic Sea cyclones result in warm, humid and short summers and long, cold wet winters.

The Volga has many tributaries, most importantly the Kama, the Oka, the Vetluga, and the Sura rivers.

The majority of scholars believe that the Anglii lived on the coasts of the Baltic Sea, probably in the southern part of the Jutish peninsula.

Saint Petersburg () is the second largest city in Russia, politically incorporated as a federal subject (a federal city).

The Vistula and the Oder flow into the Baltic Sea, as do numerous smaller rivers in Pomerania.

The Scophthalmidae are a family of flatfish found in the North Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea.

Due largely to geographic considerations, it is often argued that most of the Varangians who traveled and settled in the eastern Baltic, Russia, and lands to the south came from the area of modern Sweden .

Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig Holstein, with a population of 240,832 (June 2014).

The Duchy had evolved out of the State of the Teutonic Order, a Roman Catholic crusader state and theocracy located along the eastern Baltic Sea coast.

Kalmar is a city in Småland in the south east of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea.

Many rivers are part of the deepwater transportation system of European Russia they provide access to ports of the Baltic and Black seas.

In addition to the expansion of the fleet the Kiel Canal was opened in 1895 enabling faster movements between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.

The primary targets of this surprise offensive were the Baltic region, Moscow and Ukraine, with the ultimate goal of ending the 1941 campaign near the Arkhangelsk Astrakhan line, from the Caspian to the White Seas.

Saint Petersburg is a major European cultural center, and also an important Russian port on the Baltic Sea.

Located in Kiel is the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) at the University of Kiel.

On the Baltic Sea Peter founded a new capital called Saint Petersburg, later known as Russia's Window to Europe .

The blue coloring is said to represent the country's thousands of lakes and the sky, with white for the snow that covers the land in winter.

Although the Mongols burnt down Moscow in the winter of 1238 and pillaged it in 1293, the outpost's remote, forested location offered some security from Mongol attacks and occupation, and a number of rivers provided access to the Baltic and Black Seas and to the Caucasus region.

Waterways The city is also served by passenger and cargo seaports in the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea, the river port higher up the Neva and tens of smaller passenger stations on both banks of the Neva river.

Estonia has a long, shallow coastline () along the Baltic Sea, with 1,520 islands dotting the shore.

This charter, along with Hamburg's proximity to the main trade routes of the North Sea and Baltic Sea, quickly made it a major port in Northern Europe.

An inlet of the Baltic Sea, the shallow Gulf of Riga is situated in the northwest of the country.