Although the various Baltic tribes were mentioned by ancient historians as early as 98 B. C., the first attestation of a Baltic language was in about 1350, with the creation of the Elbing Prussian Vocabulary, a German to Prussian translation dictionary.

Although he must have been familiar with the ancient name, Balcia, meaning a supposed island in the Baltic Sea, and although he may have been aware of the Baltic words containing the stem balt -, " white ", as " swamp ", he reports that he followed the local use of balticus from baelt (" belt ") because the sea stretches to the east " in modum baltei " (" in the manner of a belt ").

Although his long Livonian War for the control of the Baltic coast and the access to sea trade ultimately proved a costly failure, Ivan managed to annex the Khanates of Kazan, Astrakhan, and Siberia.

Although the games existed in pockets in Europe -- it is recorded as being played as early as the 17th century by merchants in England -- it has never gained much popularity in most regions, except in the Baltic area, where once it was a very popular game (" Bohnenspiel ") and Bosnia, where it is called Ban-Ban and still played today.

Although the Baltic Shield is mostly geologically stable and hence resistant to the influences of other neighboring tectonic formations, the weight of nearly four kilometers of ice during the Ice Ages caused all of the Scandinavian terrain to sink.

Although most of Ukraine fell under Bolshevik control and eventually became one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union, Poland and the Baltic states emerged as independent countries.

Although torpedo boats have disappeared from the majority of the world's navies, they remained in use until relatively recently in a few specialised areas, most notably in the Baltic.

Although the culture of sauna nowadays is more or less related to Finnish culture, it is important to note that the evolution of sauna has happened around the same time both in Finland and the Baltic countries sharing the same meaning and importance of sauna in daily life.

Although the Red Army, commanded by Trotsky, crossed the ice over the frozen Baltic Sea to quickly crush the rebellion, this sign of growing discontent forced the party to foster a broad alliance of the working class and peasantry ( 80 % of the population ), despite left factions of the party which favored a regime solely representative of the interests of the revolutionary proletariat.

Although Haparanda has a boat harbor, it is not accessible for larger vessels and is not, as often thought, the Baltic Sea's northernmost port, that honor most probably belonging to Töre further west on the Swedish coast.

Although he reiterated his demand on November 16, 1807, it took two months before the king responded that it was impossible to honour the previous arrangements as long as the French were in control of the major Baltic ports.

Although there are some differences, tradition of the Baltic, to include Latvian corporations is still based on 1812th Jena rules.

Although Fox himself arrived at 3 a. m. on his steamer Baltic, most of the rest of his fleet was delayed until 6 p. m., and one of the two warships, USS Powhatan, never did arrive.

Although Makarov may have been Russia's greatest asset in the war, had he survived, he may not have been the right choice to lead the Baltic Squadron ( later redesignated the 2nd Pacific Squadron ) to the Far East.

Although it has been suggested that Neris is the primeval name of the river, while name Viliya is of a secondary extraction, the dual naming most probably emerged from the confluence of rivers Neris ( now known as Narach River, leaving Lake Narach ) and Velja, in the historical Slavic / Baltic borderland, each ethnos choosing their own name for the river starting at the confluence.

Although they were part of a long history of foreign occupiers, the Swedes did much to help their subjects in the Baltic region.

Although a March 1991 referendum showed a large majority of Soviet citizens voting to retain the Union, its legitimacy was marred by a boycott from the Baltic republics.

Although the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia established democratic systems of government, Ukraine, Belarus and the Central Asian republics saw the retention of authoritarian rulers.

Although the term Orthoceras now only refers to a Baltic coast Ordovician genus, in prior times it was employed as a general name given to all straight-shelled nautiloids that lived from the Ordovician to the Triassic periods ( but were most common in the early Paleozoic era.

Although at first he had agreed to prepare the Red Army for an " active strategic defence ", he later gave orders for the planning of seven local offensives, stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea.

Although passive, Vitgeft's preference was actually more in keeping with the Russian Navy's doctrine, which was building up strength ( waiting for the arrival of the Baltic Fleet, also known as the 2nd Pacific Squadron ), and then engaging the Japanese navy in decisive battle.

Although the Soviet Union poured resources into building up the Northern Fleet and the Pacific Fleet, both of which had easy access to the open ocean, the Twice Red-Banner Baltic Fleet assumed the very important position of supporting the northern flank of the European Theatre in case of a confrontation with NATO.

Although Dio is the earliest writer to mention them, Ammianus Marcellinus used the name to refer to Germans on the Limes Germanicus in the time of Trajan's governorship of the province shortly after it was formed, circa 98 / 99.

Although they bore the name of a 19th century German political entity, they were not " Germans.

Although the Allies knew from their monitoring of Nazi radio broadcasts that the Germans had some new form of recording technology, the nature was not discovered until the Allies acquired captured German recording equipment as they invaded Europe in the closing of the war.

Although the Germans put considerable effort into the first surface-to-air missiles ( SAMs ) after 1943, they did not have enough time to develop operational-level weapons before the war ended.

Although the Germans claimed victory at Jutland, the British Grand Fleet remained in control at sea.

Although it has been argued that the Abbey was being used as a refuge from the battle by the women and children and was occupied by German troops only after the bombing, many reports from troops on the ground suggest that in fact Germans were occupying the monastery, and it was considered a key observational post by all those who were fighting in the field.

Although not directly aligned with the Young Germans, the brothers and five of their colleagues reacted against the demands of King Ernest Augustus I, who in 1837 dissolved the parliament of Hannover and demanded oaths of allegiance from civil servants — including professors at the University of Göttingen.

Although Winston Churchill, had proposed the creation of an airborne force to assault behind the Germans lines in 1917, the first modern operation dates to late 1918.

Although French troops continued to fight the Germans, Flemish historians Valaers and Van Goethem wrote that Leopold III had become " The scapegoat of Reynaud " because the French Prime Minister was likely already aware that the Battle of France was lost.

Although the Germans and Bulgarians deported numerous Greek Jews, many were hidden by their Greek neighbours.

Although she gradually softened her opposition, as late as March 1990 Thatcher summoned historians and diplomats to a seminar at Chequers to ask " How dangerous are the Germans?

Although the 1945 – 1949 expulsion of Germans from the northern part of former East Prussia was often conducted in a violent and aggressive way by Soviet officials seeking revenge for Nazi crimes committed in the Soviet Union, the present Russian inhabitants of the Kaliningrad Oblast have much less animosity towards Germans.

Although significantly outnumbering the Germans, the Royal Flying Corps lost 131 aircraft during the first week of April alone.

Although such bullet designs were quickly outlawed for use in warfare ( in 1898, the Germans complained they breached the Laws of War ), they steadily gained ground among hunters due to the ability to control the expansion of the new high velocity cartridges.

Although they had long lost German ( or Dutch ) language of their ancestors ( even in the early twentieth century they spoke Ukrainian and read Polish ), they were still considered ethnic Germans, and during World War II were usually drafted for work in labor camps, instead of front-line military service.

Although the rest of Denmark had been liberated on 4 May, the Russians then occupied Bornholm on 9 May sending the Germans back to Germany.

Although he " had every reason to believe " that Germans were still below decks setting demolition charges and scuttling the ship, David led Pillsburys men on board and down the conning tower hatch, and took possession of the ship.

Although badly mauled after escaping the Falaise Pocket, the Korps was made up of seasoned veterans and made available significantly more forces to the Germans than the allies had been led to expect.

Although the Germans counterattacked in October they were repulsed and subsequently the front line in the Netherlands would not move until after the winter.

Although the Belgian army was only a tenth of the size of the German army, it still delayed the Germans for nearly a month, defending fortresses and cities.

Although the Germans allowed Tiso to remain in office, under their occupation his presidency was relegated to a mostly titular role as Slovakia lost whatever de facto independence it still had.

Although recorded as a colloquial term for Germans by the mid-nineteenth century, it was during World War I that Kraut came to be used in English as a derogatory term for a German.