Talk:Suwałki

I expanded the article significantly. I also corrected some of the idiotisms that were here before (for instance the claim that 1/6th of the city's population, some 10.000 people, are Lithuanian. The latest census shows that there are 5,846 Lithuanians in all of Poland, including several almost purely-Lithuanian communes. I guess that mention of 10.000 Lithuanians was based on the Lithuanian claim for the city in 1919, not on real numbers. Halibutt 22:51, Mar 27, 2005 (UTC)

Soviet Suwalki
I ran into German-Soviet Protocol of 10 January 1941 Concerning Transfer of the Rights to the Suwalki Strip to the USSR. Any specifics?

A book I am reading right now (Christopher Andrew, Oleg Gordievsky, KGB: The Inside Story of its Foreigh Operations from Lenin to Gorbachev) says that in January 1941 the Soviet Union bought Suvalki (?) from Germany for 7.5 mln dollars in gold. This info may also be found on net in the form that suggests that it was copied from this book.

Verified info about this must update this, Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union and Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany articles. Mikkalai 05:13, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Suwalki strip mentioned in 1941 agreement does not include Suwalki itself 212.59.13.233 13:59, 12 May 2006 (UTC)QQQ