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Edward Leedskalnin and his Coral Castle in Florida
The fires and struggles of the 1905 revolution in Latvia made many Latvians to leave their homeland for the first time in masses. Some like Peter the Painter was known for his continued political...
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Latvia in The Winter Olympic Games
Latvia enters the first winter Olympics i Chamonix France 1924 On January 25 1924 the first ever Winter Olympic games begun in Chamonix, France. Latvia also sent its national Olympic team. Despite the...
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The VEF Radios
VEF 206 and VEF 221 world receivers The Latvian famous State Electrotechnical Factory (Valsts Elektrotehniskā Fabrika) founded on 1919 made many things – the famous Minox camera, telephones, even...
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The Three War Plans of the Comrade Stalin
This site, has discussed the Soviet foreign policy from 1939 to June 22 1941 in past. One of the reasons for this is to question and to break the one-sided explanation of Germany as the main...
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Ciltvaira – The Lost Ship of The Latvian National Navy
Ciltvaira before WW2 During the times of the Soviet Occupation the Soviet propaganda made movies like “Tobago Changes its Course” (1965) that depicted the mutiny on the Latvian trade ship Tobago on the...
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Latvia and the New Cold War
Caricature by Gatis Šlūka On 1985 when Mikhail Gorbachev started his perestroika policy few could imagine that after few years we will live again in independent state of Latvia. And after some 20 years...
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Ukrainians in Latvia
Latvia despite somewhat far from Ukraine has always shared common connections with Ukrainian people. In the Middle Ages the Vikings or Varyags came down from river Daugava to river Dnieper to the...
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Nazi Germany and the Putin’s Russia: The Grand Parallel
“But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War On November 11 1918 the German Empire witnessing...
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Belorussians in Latvia
Illustration from pre-war literal youth journal “Jaunais Cīrulītis” One of the Slavic nations, besides Ukrainians and Poles that Latvia shares a common past and future are Belorussians. Latvia and...
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Latgale – a part of Latvia
The flag of Latgale next to flag of Latvia Latvia is known to be made of four regions – Courland (Kurzeme), Zemgale or Semigalia, Vidzeme, Sēlija or Selonia and Latgale (Lettgallia). Such territorial...
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Shortwave radio monitoring by the KGB in Latvia
Soviet made Shortwave radios were enjoyment for citizens but were headache for KGB Soon after the end of the World War 2 the tensions between Soviet Union and United States of America engulfed into...
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The Story of the Man, the Flag and the Radio tower
The Radio Tower where Bruno Javoišs raised the flag of Latvia During the Soviet occupation the usage of the Latvian national flag was strictly forbidden. Public display of it would cause arrest and...
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The Lost Latvian Land – Abrene
The District of Jaunlatgale. The highlighted areas were annexed by Russia On March 1 2014 Russia invaded the sovereign Ukrainian territory – Crimea. A “referendum” was held and after the “plea from...
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Latvians in the Soviet Political Elite 1920-1937
Latvian nation has suffered from the soviet repressions like no other. However, among ranks of communist supporters and top officials Latvians took a high position. It happened because of the nature of...
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Skroderdienas Silmačos – The Most Popular Latvian Theater Play
Decorations of the Latvian National Theater during Skroderdienas Silmačos staging Roughly translated as a the Tailors Days in the House of Silmachi written by Latvian famous playwright Rūdolfs...
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First Tank Made in Riga? The Myth of the Russian Vezdekhod
One of the few real photographs of the Russian Vezdekhod For years in various publications and Internet sites it was claimed that worlds first tank was made in Riga during World War I. In reality it...
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Soviet Latvia 1918-1920
The emblem of the Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic During the 1918-1920 War for Freedom, Latvia had three alternatives- the Republic of Latvia, Baltic German Duchy and Latvia as the Soviet Republic....
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Latvia-Soviet Russia Peace Agreement August 11 1920
Latvia – Soviet Russia peace agreement on August 11 1920 On August 11 1920 Latvia and Soviet Russia signed a historic landmark peace agreement. For Latvia it was a guarantee for the independence and...
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The Secret War Against Latvia: Latvian Communist Party in Underground 1920-1940
Latvian Leftist Trade Union program with Soviet Symbols showing its allegiance to underground Latvian Communist Party On August 11 1920 the war between Latvia and the Soviet Russia had officially...
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The Nature of Communism
75 years have passed since the signing of the Molotov – Ribbentrop pact. The pact that triggered the World War II and caused the occupation of Poland and the Baltic States. For decades historians only...
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