The Baltic republics have called on the Scandinaviancountries for help.
黑海的各共和国已经向斯堪的纳维亚国家求助了。
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In both 1850 and 1914, the Scandinaviancountries had the highest literacy rates in Europe, or in the world, and the Netherlands was well above the European average.