Lithuanians in Scotland Flashcards
1
Q
Reasons why they left lithuanians
A
Argicultural deprression
Poverty
Tsarist oppression
Politics
2
Q
What jobs did they do?
A
Coal mining
Companies such as william baird went to lithuanian to recruit men to come and work in their coal mines.
3
Q
Why did scots not like the lithuanaians?
A
Most didnt understand the language meaning they coudnt understand safety signs. This led to accidends as they coudnt communicate in a dangerous industry
Lankshire miners believed that the lithuanians were hired as stike breakers.
4
Q
How did their community collapse?
A
When ww1 was declared lithuanians refused to fight as they sawn themselves as russian not scottish as a result they were sent back to lithuania.
