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Latvian National Guard: Aizsargi and Zemessardze 1918-1940, 1991-
Left: Latvian Aizsargi Organization badge, left Latvian National Guard emblem On August 23 1991 after failure of Soviet coup attempt Latvia fully restored independence and yet to had begun the...
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Latvia and Ukrainian People’s Republic
1920 map of claimed lands by Ukrainian People’s Republic. Note: Eastern Ukraine – Galicia and Lviv has been already to Poland. Ukrainian People’s Republic (Українська Народна Республіка УНР or UNR) was...
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VEF: The Illustrated History
VEF stands for State Electrotechnical Factory (Valsts Elektrotehniskā Fabrika). From 1919 to early 1990’s it was one of the biggest and most successful state enterprises in Latvia. Its main production...
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First Latgale Latvian Congress 1917 April 26-27
The delegates of the First Latvian Congress in Rēzekne April 26-27 1917 The two days of April that according to new style calendar was May 9-10 was one of the most crucial and important days for...
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Great Myths of Latvian History
As years, decades and centuries pass most important events like wars, regimes and cultural events are starting to lose their initial sharpness. In social memory these events are becoming either more...
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