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After the war, while Latvia was under Soviet rule, the institution was known as State Library of the Latvian SSR (Latvijas PSR Valsts bibliotēka). [1] According to Soviet customs, in 1966 the library received an honorary name, commemorating Vilis Lācis , a writer and the late prime minister of Soviet Latvia.
The Latvian National Encyclopedia (Latvian: Nacionālā enciklopēdija) is a universal encyclopedia in Latvian, which was published in 2018 to mark the centenary of the independence of Latvia. The National Encyclopaedia Editorial Office works as an affiliate of the Administration Branch of the National Library of Latvia .
While there are records of Latvian last names going as far back as 15th century, almost all of them were inhabitants of large cities and often adopted Germanic family names. Some peasants had family names in the 17th century, but majority had only first name until the emancipation. Most people were identified by the name of their house or manor.
For the opposite, see Category:Latvian people by descent. Subcategories. This category has the following 20 subcategories, out of 20 total. ...
The Latvian Museum of National History (Latvian: Latvijas Nacionālais vēstures muzejs), is a national history museum in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 1869 by the Riga Latvian Society. Since 1920 it has been located in Riga Castle and in 1924 it attained state museum status. Its mission is "to collect, preserve, research and popularise ...
The Kalpaka Boulevard Library (Latvian: Bibliotēka Kalpaka bulvārī) is a branch of the University of Latvia libraries located on its eponymous street in central Riga, Latvia. It is housed in a historic mansion built between 1874 and 1878 to designs of Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis. It is technically the newest branch library of the University of ...