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StockholmStockholm – the capital and largest city of Sweden. Founded in 1187. From the thirteenth century Stockholm is the largest economic center in the country.
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HelsinkiHelsinki – the capital and largest city of Finland, the administrative center of the province of Uusimaa. It was founded by Swedish King Gustav Vasa in 1550.
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TallinnTallinn – capital of Estonia. Major passenger and cargo port. Tallinn was mentioned in the history the first time, presumably, in 1154.
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RigaRiga – Latvia’s capital and largest city of the Baltic States. Officially founded in 1201, the founder of Riga is German Bishop Albert von Buxhövden.
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KlaipedaKlaipeda (former German Memel) – the third largest city of modern Lithuania. Klaipeda is the largest port in Lithuania founded in 1252 by the knights of the Livonian Order.
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KaliningradKaliningrad (until July 4, 1946 – Königsberg, Founded in 1255). Most western regional center of Russia.