Talk:Liepāja

message: The following article is the biggest crap that I have read about Liepaja. When Liepaja became cultural and industrial center of the region name of the city was Libava.
There is no information about Jews being murdered during WW2 by Latvian Waffen SS troops. There is no information about port, factories infrastructure that’s built by so called occupants. 
During Soviet time city wasn’t close, all people needed was passport to enter the city.
This is another pathetic method to rewrite history by Latvian nationalists.  
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*Or, you could write it yourself instead of whining about it. Chris 02:17, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

message: The following article is the biggest crap that I have read about Liepaja. When Liepaja became cultural and industrial center of the region name of the city was Libava. There is no information about Jews being murdered during WW2 by Latvian Waffen SS troops. There is no information about port, factories infrastructure that’s built by so called occupants. During Soviet time city wasn’t close, all people needed was passport to enter the city. This is another pathetic method to rewrite history by Latvian nationalists. If you have any questions in regards of my remarks, please contact me on atorgash@gmail.com
In 1941 Liepaja was among the first cities captured by Army Group North when Nazi Germany began war with Soviet Union. The local Jewish population, which numbered about 7,000 before the war, was virtuallly exterminated by German Nazis and Latvian collaborators. Most of the mass murder took place in the dunes of Škēde north of the city. Fewer than 30 Jews remained alive in Liepaja by the end of the war. Film footage of an Einsatzgruppen execution of local Jews was made at Liepaja (and is available at the link indicated [2]).
Or, you could write it yourself instead of whining about it. Chris 02:17, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latvian nationalists or Russian nationalists/Soviet apologists? 

message: On a more constructive note - I suggest to remove the historic map of the city. It doesn't really contribute to the article and has no informative value. What's with the red and yellow patches anyway? Either a more up to date map should be used or no map at all, otherwise it just makes the article look scrappy.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by TomMc (talk • contribs) 23:16, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It ilustarates history section, shows what the city used to be -- Xil...sist! 23:35, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's hard to make anything out of it in my opinion. It looks a bit out of context. It clearly was supposed to illustrate something else or there wouldn't be this strange colouring. And there are no street names or intelligible district names, not to mention the fact that several historical layers are overlaping showing both the original river and the city streets that were later built over it. My point is that this picture is not the best one to illustrate what the city looks like or looked like before, it's just confusing.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by TomMc (talk • contribs) 01:09, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

text: Do as you wish, though I don't think it disrupts anything. And please sign your coments ---- Xil...sist! 15:26, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove picture 

message: I have inserted the Liepāja's neighbourhoods template to the Geography section of the article. You may remove it to your discretion if it feels inappropriate. I must say though, that I feel the Russian versions of the neighbourhoods being inappropriate since this is the English language Wikipedia. Philaweb T 15:12, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geography 

message: All three names have been used and are, in fact, still used from Liepaja. The first railway which connected Liepaja (this name have been used all the time for nearly 1.000 years in the country were I live for the town)was the private Libava - Kaisiadoris Railway, which was later amalgamed to form the Libava (libau) - Romni Railway. The Russians are late comers in the area. First during the period of the Great Northern War. Liepaja was known better by its German name version Libau in Western Europe. The Jews and Russians have a tendency to write history really their own way. No mention of paniced Russians who, after shelling of Libau sea fortress in August 1914 by German navy, drived the fortress railway locomotives direct to sea, in the the bottom of harbour, where they remain even today. Imperial Russian Navy spent quite number of Gold Roubles to strenghten and modernise the Libava navai base in 1911 - 1914. 
If looking to the comments of one, presumably of Jewish origin, it gives a conclusion that the Jews were the most important ethnic group in every place where they settled in whole Eastern Europe. And that is not the fact. Regarding the propaganda of Latvian SS men, their brutality to kill Jews, who in fact allied with the local communists, are really exaggerated in the Wikipedia articles. They want to write new way the history as the Russians by "liberating" the Baltic States and their propaganda that all three countries voluntarely joined the Soviet Union in August 1940. There are many describtions available of the Latvian SS men and right wing home security guardist who were protecting the railways behind the front line against the possible Russian partisans in 1943 - 1944. In this job they managed quite well, they could prevent all attacks against the Latvian railway network which was operarated by the German DR Ost, RBD Riga. Please look the war time railway timetables and you even found daily train connections shown from Germany to Liepaja (Libau) and from Liepaja (Libau) to Germany operated by DRB for civilian population. Up to 23.08.1939 there was daily express train connection to / from Liepaja to Berlin. Departure from Berlin Friedrichstrasse at 23.42, from Königsberg at 08.15, from Insterburg at 09.21, from Tilsit at 10.16, from Memel (Klaipeda) at 12.05 arriving to Kretinga at 13.02, arriving to Kaleti (East European Time GMT + 2) at 17.33, arriving to Priekule at 18.10, arriving to Dubeni at 19.05 and to Liepaja at 19.20.
The return working departured from Liepaja at 13.20, from Dubeni at 13.36, from Priekule at 14.27, from Kaleti at 14.59, from Skuodas (Lithuania) at 14.32, from Darbenai at 15.46, from Kretinga at 17.05, arriving to Memel (Klaipeda) at 18.12, to Tilsit at 20.12 to Insterburg at 21.17, to Königsberg at 22.23 and to Berlin Friedrichstrasse at 07.10.
Today Liepaja have no passenger train service at all thanks to Russian minded Latvian railway personel. They took the Russian transit freight as priority and closed the Riga - Liepaja (both routes) passenger train service. Peharps in furure the Latvians restore this service again. There is possibilities to introduce every two hour service Liepaja - Riga - Daugavpils v.v. with departures from 06.00 to 22.00.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.113.117.142 (talk) 17:44, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Latvian name "Liepāja" and German "Libau" were used at the same time. The city was not renamed in 1919. Dukurs (talk) 18:39, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Germans were a ruling class in Latvia over the centuries and a majority in the biggest cities therefore is important to mention the old German name "Libau". This was the name city was known when the city rights were granted in 1625. Dukurs (talk) 11:28, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

text: It's not a question about the official name today but the historical name. "Līva" was name of the village before the town rights were granted. "Libava" was the russificized version of the German "Libau". If we mention "Libava" as an old name we should put "Libau" at first. Latvians called the city "Liepāja", Germans "Libau" and Russians "Libava" at the same period (19th century, beginning of 20th century). I don't think Latvians ever called it "Libava" as Russians did'nt use "Liepāja" before 1918. Dukurs (talk) 13:53, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Liepāja - Libau - Libava

message: During the occupation ... the Soviet military set up its Baltic naval base....
The Soviets had more than one naval base on the Baltic. I would guess the largest was in Kaliningrad (ex-Königsberg). Sca (talk) 19:03, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Soviet base

message: It is pure nonsense, pure anachronism use Latvianised names of mayors in all languages except Latvian. It's English Wikipedia. You cann't change person's name. Many of mentioned mayors were not Latvians. Latvia not existed prior 1919. Therefore usage of Latvianised forms is ridiculous. Iam not against Latvia, Latvian culture and language, but hey guys - Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas. --84.15.109.176 (talk) 15:18, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Former city mayors

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message: What is  republican city, as in the intro? --86.178.202.13 (talk) 19:48, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  republican city 

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message: ...in 2027 https://culture.ec.europa.eu/news/liepaja-to-be-the-european-capital-of-culture-2027-in-latvia  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.116.228.5 (talk) 08:39, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
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