Thread: Почему распался Советский Союз? Что происходит в Прибалтике, и немного истории

Originally Posted by mergike

You said it as if you would be some kind of exception So, do all people in Sweden think that we are third world? ;D

What are you talking about? I said that these countries are NOT third world and I have certainly never thought that they were and nobody in Sweden or anywhere else thinks that. Read what I wrote again. And read Nulle's comment before mine - he seems to be saying that the USSR became 3rd world. I don't agree with that.

It used to be "2nd world", but that expression was never actually used, although the idea was that the European socialist economies were "2nd world". Pretty much everything else in Africa and most of Asia was considered developing countries and/or third world. Perhaps these terms are getting outdated now.

How to categorise the ex - socialist countries in the 1990s and now (1st, 2nd, 3rd) I really don't know - you are probably better placed to say how you would categorise it.

I seems that this time it‘s me who made a mistake. I‘m sorry for this misunderstanding.
Anyway I‘m not going to categorise which countries of former Soviet Union could be 1st, 2nd or 3rd world. Of course, Baltics are not already as much advanced as some other west Europe countries, but I still think that we are really far away from third world... ‪Lithuania Presentation [Long Version]‬‏ - YouTube

P.S. this video was made before economical crisis in Lithuania started, this is why it‘s said that Lithuania has been showing steady economical growth for more than 10 years. Of cource, when crisis started there was a fall of GDP in Lithuania and a lot of people lost their jobs but I can‘t agree that in Baltic states there was downright deadly crisis which was more devastating and severe than let‘s say in Greece (as it was said in one of the articles to which Sareph posted a link) And personally I don‘t think that any of Baltic states will face such things what Greece are facing right now.

he seems to be saying that the USSR became 3rd world. I don't agree with that.

Baltic states did not - Russia on the other hand...

Originally Posted by nulle

Baltic states did not - Russia on the other hand...

Yes, that‘s right... a lot of things has changed to the good side in Baltic states during these 20 years of independance and this is why we are really happy that there is no USSR today...
and if you Hanna say that somewhere in Latvia you see a building which is quite run down and restaurants doesn‘t seem to be fancy enough to you, then try to imagine how Baltic states looked during occupation when we were part of USSR and faced all these repressions...
And it seems really silly when you are comparing Liepaja and Minsk maybe you first of all should find out how many times Minsk is bigger than Liepaja....

Originally Posted by mergike

‪Lithuania Presentation [Long Version]‬‏ - YouTube

I like this comment under the video - "thank the russians and soviets for preserving all that beauty!"

Originally Posted by Romik

I like this comment under the video - "thank the russians and soviets for preserving all that beauty!"

It‘s obvious that it‘s not Lithuanian who wrote it. You never preserved anything here... 90 per sent of my home town was completely destroyed by Russians. Is it what you call preservation????? Wake up at least once! All you are able to is just that - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Svh...eature=related