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Liepāja

Naval and industrial port in Latvia, on the Baltic Sea some 190 km/118 mi southwest of Riga; population (2000) 89,400. The city was founded by the Livonian Knights (see Teutonic Knights) in 1253. It has a steelworks, and engineering, chemical, food, textile, woodworking, and fish canning industries.

Liepāja was the main exit port for Russian emigrants sailing to the USA in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.



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It will start twice-weekly service to Simferopol on April 11, twice-weekly flights to Tbilisi on May 2, twice-weekly flights to Baku the following day and four-times-weekly service to Liepaja later in the month.
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As a symbol of integration, an ancient Russian Orthodox Church, which used to be a sports hall during Soviet times, rings its bells inviting people from all over Liepaja.
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While on a routine patrol from Wiesbaden, West Germany, on 8 April 1950 the Privateer was shot down by Soviet aircraft over the Baltic Sea off Liepaja.
THE YEAR IN REVIEW 2000 by Naval Aviation News
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