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Author : Daina Bleiere
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book History of Latvia written by Daina Bleiere and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mara Kalnins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1849046069
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Latvia written by Mara Kalnins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-04 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Latvian people begins some four and a half millennia ago with the arrival of the proto-Baltic Indo-Europeans to northern Europe. One branch of these migrants coalesced into a community which evolved a distinctive and remarkably robust culture and language, and which eventually developed into a loose federation of tribal kingdoms that stretched from the shores of the Baltic sea to the upper Dniepr river. But these small independent kingdoms were unable to resist the later invasion of the Teutonic Knights in 1201, an invasion that initiated nearly eight hundred years of helotry for the Latvians in their own domains. In the centuries of domination by successive European powers that followed, the inhabitants nonetheless preserved a powerful sense of identity, fostered by their ancient language, oral literature, songs and customs. These in turn informed and gave impetus to the rise of national consciousness in the nineteenth century and the political activities of the twentieth which brought the modern nation-state of Latvia into being. This book traces the genesis and growth of that nation, its endurance over centuries of conquest and oppression, the process by which it achieved its independence, and its status as a member of the European community in the twenty-first century.
Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
ISBN 13 : 9781230653846
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (538 download)
Download or read book 20th Century in Latvia written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Latvia in World War II, Military history of Latvia during World War II, Singing Revolution, Occupation of the Baltic states, Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940, The Holocaust in Latvia, Baltic Way, The Barricades, Reichskommissariat Ostland, On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia, January Events, Occupation of Latvia by the Soviet Union 1944-1945, Latvian Legion, Destruction battalions, Courland Pocket, Occupation of the Baltic republics by Nazi Germany, Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, Baltic Entente, Occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany, Latvian partisans, 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, Swedish extradition of Baltic soldiers, The Singing Revolution, 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, Estonian Sovereignty Declaration, Maslenki, Latvian resistance movement, Latvian fleet that fought for the Allies in World War II, Latvian Central Council. Excerpt: The occupation of the Baltic states refers to the military occupation of the three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania by the Soviet Union under the auspices of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact on 14 June 1940 followed by their forcible illegal incorporation into the USSR as constituent republics. On 22 June 1941 Nazi Germany attacked the USSR and within weeks occupied a significant part of it including the Baltic republics. In July 1941 the Baltic territory was incorporated into the Reichskommissariat Ostland of the Third Reich. As a result of the Baltic Offensive of 1944, Soviet Union recaptured most of the Baltic states and trapped remaining German forces in Courland pocket until their formal surrender in May 1945. The Soviet "annexation occupation" (Annexionsbesetzung or occupation sui generis) of the Baltic states lasted until August 1991 when the Baltic states regained independence. The...
Author : Visvaldis Mangulis
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Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Latvia in the Wars of the 20th Century written by Visvaldis Mangulis and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Hiden
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317890574
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book The Baltic Nations and Europe written by John Hiden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the Soviet Union's subject nationalities, the three Baltic republics, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, were the most determined and best organised in seizing the opportunities created by glasnost and perestroika to win freedom from Moscow's grip. At the time of first publication, in 1991, the final section of the book was speculative. Now for this revised edition, the authors have provided a new final chapter which brings the story up to date -- and the three republics to political independence again.
Author : Vilis Inde
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Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (548 download)
Download or read book Latvia written by Vilis Inde and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first stop in learning about Latvian people and their culture and history. The Latvian people survived centuries of oppression under foreign rule, yet gained independence in 1918 and again in 1990. This history focuses on factors that played a role in maintaining the language and culture through difficult circumstances. The book also includes a brief section of one of Latvia's spiritual and political leaders of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Rainis. He inspired people to act in the quest for freedom and independence.
Author : Raimonds Cerūzis
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ISBN 13 : 9789984736198
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (361 download)
Download or read book Latvia in the 20th Century written by Raimonds Cerūzis and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dace Lamberga
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ISBN 13 : 9789984729671
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (296 download)
Download or read book Le modernisme classique written by Dace Lamberga and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rend compte de la diversité des courants artistiques en Lettonie, tout en accordant une place privilégiée aux artistes du groupe de Riga (1915-1940), dans le cadre de la manifestation officielle fin 2005 " étonnante Lettonie "
Author : Rita Laima
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 3838268547
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (382 download)
Download or read book Skylarks and Rebels written by Rita Laima and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skylarks and Rebels is a story about the fate of Latvia in the 20th century as told by Rita Laima. Laima, a Latvian-American, chose to leave behind the comforts of life in America to explore the land of her ancestors, which in the 1980s languished behind the Iron Curtain. In writing about her own experiences in a totalitarian state, Soviet-occupied Latvia, Laima delves into her family’s past to understand what happened to her fatherland and its people during and after World War II. She also pays tribute to some of Latvia’s remarkable people of integrity who risked their lives to oppose the brutal and destructive Soviet state.
Author : Charles River
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Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (824 download)
Download or read book Modern Latvia written by Charles River and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-16 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading The three modern Baltic states - Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia - may occupy small tracts of lands bordering the Baltic Sea, but their respective histories are unique. Latvia, like its neighbours, was settled thousands of years ago, with a number of distinct Baltic peoples emerging. By around 900 CE, numerous Baltic and Scandinavian tribes dominated the region. Modern day Latvia is home to just under 2 million people and has been independent since the early 1990s. Now a member of both the European Union and NATO, the country is experiencing a period of prosperity and stability, at odds with much of its recent history. The country is dominated by the capital city Riga, a port on the Baltic Sea. The next largest cities, Daugavpils and Liepaja, are dwarfed by Riga with its population of 600,000. As well as its Baltic state neighbors to the north and south, contemporary Latvia is bordered by Belarus and crucially, its giant nemesis Russia to the east. Latvia's history during the 20th century was defined by the determination of its people and its relationship with Russia, Germany, and then Western Europe more generally. The territory of today's Latvia was home to about 150,000 people by the 12th century, which were mostly Baltic but with some Livonians (Baltic-Finns). It was at this time that the region came under the influence of German missionaries and traders. The trading city of Riga was founded in 1201 by Germans and later in the century was incorporated into the Hanseatic League, a trading network of ports that included Gdansk (in modern day Poland), Swedish capital Stockholm, and Hamburg, Bremen, Lübeck and Rostock in Germany itself. Trade helped Riga and the wider region develop and brought some wealth to the Baltics. At the same time, the minority German population occupied positions of power as well as local nobility. During the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and beyond, Latvia was occupied by a range of the era's larger powers. Latvia was a province of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and then Sweden as a result of war. Nevertheless, by the start of the 18th century, Latvia was seemingly entrenched into the Baltic political and trading sphere, as well as North Europe more generally. The rise of Russia would change this position. Modern Latvia: The History and Legacy of Latvia's Struggle for Independence in the 20th Century examines the geopolitics of the region, Latvia's place in it, and the most important events in Lithuania's recent history. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about Latvia like never before.
Author : Andrejs Plakans
Publisher : Hoover Institution Press Publi
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Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Latvians written by Andrejs Plakans and published by Hoover Institution Press Publi. This book was released on 1995 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plakans (European history, Iowa State U.) chronicles the evolution and formation of the Latvian nation from the early medieval period to the present, with emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. He traces the historical roots of the current Latvian ethnic majority and devotes particular attention to the emergence of an independent Latvia in 1918. An appendix summarizes key events and officials from 1918 to the present, and explains the current system of political parties. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Valdis O. Lumans
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 9780823226276
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)
Download or read book Latvia in World War II written by Valdis O. Lumans and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Valdis Lumans provides an authoritative, balanced, and comprehensive account of one of the most complex, and conflicted, arenas of the Second World War. Struggling against both Germany and the Soviet Union, Latvia emerged as an independent nation state after the First World War. In 1940, the Soviets occupied neutral Latvia, deporting or executing more than 30,000 Latvians before the Nazis invaded in 1941 and installed a puppet regime. The Red Army expelled the Germans in 1944 and reincorporated Latvia as a Soviet Republic. By the end of the war, an estimated 180,000 Latvians fled to the West. The Soviets would deport at least another 100,000. Drawing on a wide range of sources--many brought together here for the first time--Lumans synthesizes political, military, social, economic, diplomatic, and cultural history. He moves carefully through traditional sources, many of them partisan, to scholarship emerging since the end of the Cold War, to confront such issues as political loyalties, military collaboration, resistance, capitulation, the Soviet occupation, anti-Semitism, and the Latvian role in the Holocaust.
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ISBN 13 : 9789984935577
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (355 download)
Download or read book Peasant Life in Latvia written by and published by . This book was released on 199? with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Aldis Purs
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538102218
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Latvia written by Aldis Purs and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latvia is located on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. After a brief period of independence between the two World Wars, Latvia was annexed by the USSR in 1940. It reestablished its independence in 1991 following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Although the last Russian troops left in 1994. Latvia continues to revamp its economy for eventual integration into various Western European political and economic institutions. Since May 2004 Latvia is a member of the European Union. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Latvia contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Latvia.
Author : Leo Dribins
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Latvia's Jewish Community written by Leo Dribins and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A booklet containing three essays on the history of the Jews in Latvia from the 16th century to the present and on the Holocaust. The last 32 pp. contain photographs of Jewish life in Latvia since 1989. Contents:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (176 download)
Download or read book Population Development in Latvia on the Eve of 20th Century written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Fearnley
Publisher : Silverwood Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)
Download or read book The Latvian Issues written by Robert Fearnley and published by Silverwood Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latvian philatelic and social history in the early 20th Century, with technical details of postage stamp issues, linked to the political, social and economic stories of Latvia.
