Klaipėda (/ ˈ k l eɪ p ɛ d ə /; Lithuanian: [ˈkɫɐɪpʲeːdɐ] (); German: Memel; Polish: Kłajpeda; Russian: Клайпеда; Samogitian: Klaipieda) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. The capital of the eponymous county, it is the third largest city and the only major seaport in Lithuania.. The city has a complex recorded history, partially due to the combined regional ...

In 1923, the Republic of Lithuania occupied the Klaipėda Region during the Klaipėda Revolt. A secret report of 1923 by Jonas Polovinskas-Budrys , a Lithuanian professional counterintelligence officer, shows around 60% of the local inhabitants supported the revolt, 30% were neutral and 10% were against, namely the supporters of a freistadt ...