Summary:
Having been humiliated in Malaysia, Kid and Nikov stayed in Hungary for over a month before surprisingly appear in Poland. There, they have to face a new threat of Russian intelligence network spying on NATO activities.
Gdynia, Poland
The duo, Kid and Nikov, arrived to Poland, and the national flag of Poland has been something impressive for them.
Gdynia is Poland's largest port in the country, and a part of Polish nation. Quite going further to the Commonwealth era, the port was some of the few ports in the country, and often had ship exchanges as well as good deliveries. But when Poland was torn apart by Russia, Prussia and Austria, Gdynia was made to the Prussians. Prussia became Germany in 1870. However, it was only after 1919, Gdynia emerged to become a major city, previously only acted as a small seaport.
German citizens in Poland had long been developing anti-Polish sentiment and had supported the Russians against the Poles. This was seen during Polish-Soviet War. To avoid similar problem, the Poles built the port with Sejm (Polish Parliament) support, and expanded the city as well. From this moment, Gdynia had one of the largest seaports in Europe in the Interwar period.
At World War II however, the Nazis, alongside the Soviets, invaded Poland. The Germans changed the city's name and expelled, gassed Poles. After 1945, the city fell to the Soviets, who became another oppressor on Polish nation.
A general strike occurred in 1970 to protest the declining condition of Polish economy and oppression by the communists, which caused the death of a Polish shipbuilding worker, 18-year old Zbigniew Godlewski. The Poles fictionalized his name as Janek Wiśniewski and honored him as hero in their own ballad, but with a fictional name to avoid communists from capturing.
After the communist regime fell, the Poles regained their nation. His story was expressed and is still being done since. Gdynia, in a way, is still a young city, despite historical impact.
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Yeah, Kid and Nikov, after humiliation in Malaysia, had chosen to stay in Hungary for a month waiting the new report. But as Kid and Nikov received a new figure on the List which was very close to them, they came here.
Now, standing in the memorial of Zbigniew Godlewski, Kid just wondered.
"To be frank, I do not speak Polish, even when Russian and Polish are both Slavic languages."
"(Russian and Polish are Slavic, but they are not similar in branch. Polish is more Western and Catholic-influenced, the country also has Latin Romance language as influence. In contrast, Russian is Orthodoxy-based with more influence from Bulgarian Old Church Slavonic, and a bit Turkic-based one, due to frequent Russian contacts with Turkic world.)"
"And French/German/Italian loanwords in Russian, too."
Kid and Nikov walked on the street of Gdynia with their own impression over Poland and Polish culture. A friendly and warm-hugged people, but Poles are always proud of history.
Their arrival to Poland's Gdynia was something they could offer. Right now, there was an upcoming Polish military exercise, alongside NATO members. Russia has long opposed NATO appearance in Poland, and pretty controversial against Poland's admission to NATO missions since 1999.
The Russian network intelligence considers Poland as a threat and had performed military training drills in Belarus a month before the military drills between NATO members.
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The Lost List
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