Modern Latvia
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Modern Latvia
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Author : Charles River
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-12-16
Modern Latvia written by Charles River and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-16 with categories.
*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.
Latvia
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Author : Artis Pabriks
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-03-07
Latvia written by Artis Pabriks and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-07 with History categories.
The past one hundred years have been a very trying time for Latvia, complete with success, tragedy, and still unrealized promise. Within the course of a generation, the country experienced revolutions, wars and independent statehood, and then the slide into authoritarianism. World War II brought new occupations. The tragedies were staggering: holocaust, executions, and an exodus of refugees. Soviet consolidation bred deportations, forced collectivization and partisan warfare. Almost fifty years later, Latvia regained its independence and emerged from decades of disastrous Soviet rule. This book comprehensively surveys Latvia's recent past and prospects for the new millennium, placing contemporary events in historical perspective. The authors address the evolution of the country from the movement against Soviet rule to the dilemmas of contemporary politics: party formation, the problem of corruption, the quest for the future and a regional and international role, the struggle to develop a civil society, the issue of ethnic relations and the recurring tendency towards statist solutions. Proper attention is also given to economic developments.
Latvia
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Author : Mara Kalnins
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2015-01-04
Latvia written by Mara Kalnins and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-04 with History categories.
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.
The Emergence Of A Modern Latvian Nation 1764 1914
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Author : Janis Arveds Trapans
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
The Emergence Of A Modern Latvian Nation 1764 1914 written by Janis Arveds Trapans and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Latvia categories.
A Course In Modern Latvian
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Author : Valentine Lasmane
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
A Course In Modern Latvian written by Valentine Lasmane and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Latvian language categories.
Modern Literature And Art Of Latvia And Estonia
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Modern Literature And Art Of Latvia And Estonia written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Estonian literature categories.
Baltic Facades
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Author : Aldis Purs
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2013-02-15
Baltic Facades written by Aldis Purs and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-15 with History categories.
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are often grouped together as the Baltic States, but these three Eastern European countries, tied together historically, are quite different. Although each is struggling to find its place within Europe and fighting to preserve its own identity, the idea of the Baltic States is a façade. In this book, Aldis Purs dispels the myth of a single, coherent Baltic identity, presenting a radical new view of the region. Baltic Façades illuminates the uniqueness of these three countries and locates them within the larger context of European history, also revealing the similarities they share with the rest of the continent. He also examines the anxiety the people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania feel about their own identities and how others see them. Giving equal weight to developments in politics, economics, and social and cultural trends, he places contemporary events in a longer perspective than traditional Cold War-inspired views of the region, tracing the countries under Soviet rule after the end of World War II through their declarations of independence in the early 1990s and their admission to the European Union in 2004. Baltic Façades is an enlightening look at these three separate, though related, Eastern European countries.
Introduction To Modern Latvian Literature
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Author : Ausma Cimdiņa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Introduction To Modern Latvian Literature written by Ausma Cimdiņa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with categories.
National Register Latvia
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Author : International Working-Party for Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
National Register Latvia written by International Working-Party for Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Architecture categories.
Piip Meierovics Voldemaras
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Author : Charlotte Alston
language : en
Publisher: Haus Publishing
Release Date : 2011-04-26
Piip Meierovics Voldemaras written by Charlotte Alston and has been published by Haus Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-26 with History categories.
Conflict on the borders of the Russian 'Empire', whatever the complexion of the government controlling it, has been a constant feature of the past 90 years, most recently with Russia's brief war with Georgia in August 2008. In 1919, as the smaller nations on Russia's borders sought self-determination while the Civil War raged between the Whites and the Bolsheviks, the Paris Peace Conference struggled with a situation complicated by mutually exclusive aims. The Baltic States of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were seen by both the Russians and the Western Allies as a protective buffer for their own territory, which led to the curious situation that the Peace Conference requested German troops to remain temporarily in the Baltic territory they had occupied during the First World War to block the westward spread of the Bolshevik Revolution. The ongoing civil war in Russia further complicated the issue, because if the Whites should win and restore the 'legitimate' Russian government, the Peace Conference could not divide up the territory of a power that had been one of the original members of the Entente. The US politician Herbert Hoover described Russia as 'Banquo's ghost' at the Paris Peace Conference, an invisible but influential presence, and nowhere can this be more clearly seen than in the deliberations over the Baltic States.