Comments on: The Empire that Never Was http://allaboutlatvia.com/article/972/the-empire-that-never-was/ Serpentine Percipience Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:55:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Asehpe http://allaboutlatvia.com/article/972/the-empire-that-never-was/comment-page-1/#comment-2373 Asehpe Sat, 16 May 2009 17:02:40 +0000 http://allaboutlatvia.com/?p=972#comment-2373 Even more than the Latvians? Hm, I didn't know that. I should read more about Lithuania then. But it seems whenever there is a problem between Russia and a Baltic state, it's either Estonia or Latvia, not Lithuania. Even more than the Latvians? Hm, I didn’t know that. I should read more about Lithuania then. But it seems whenever there is a problem between Russia and a Baltic state, it’s either Estonia or Latvia, not Lithuania.

]]> By: Aleks http://allaboutlatvia.com/article/972/the-empire-that-never-was/comment-page-1/#comment-2372 Aleks Sat, 16 May 2009 16:23:00 +0000 http://allaboutlatvia.com/?p=972#comment-2372 Hard to say - Lithuanians tend to be more hot-blooded and emotional than Latvians, generally speaking. And Lithuanians actually were an empire at some point. Hard to say – Lithuanians tend to be more hot-blooded and emotional than Latvians, generally speaking. And Lithuanians actually were an empire at some point.

]]> By: Asehpe http://allaboutlatvia.com/article/972/the-empire-that-never-was/comment-page-1/#comment-2368 Asehpe Sat, 16 May 2009 01:12:46 +0000 http://allaboutlatvia.com/?p=972#comment-2368 It sounds as if the Latvians were remarkably similar in ethnic character to the Russians. What was, after all, the effect of having been dominated for centuries by the Germans and the Swedes? Out of curiosity, how do the Latvians compare to the Lithuanians in terms of pride? It sounds as if the Latvians were remarkably similar in ethnic character to the Russians. What was, after all, the effect of having been dominated for centuries by the Germans and the Swedes?

Out of curiosity, how do the Latvians compare to the Lithuanians in terms of pride?

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