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Before the German invasions started in the late 12th century, Latvia was inhabited by about 135,000 Baltic people and 20,000 Livonians. German period, 1184–1561 [ edit ]
An ultimatum was presented by the USSR to Latvia. 17 June: Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940: Soviet troops occupied the country. 5 August: Latvia was incorporated into the Soviet Union, becoming the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR). 1941: 14 June: The first mass deportations of Latvians to various sites in the Soviet Union began. 1 July
Latvia is a member of the United Nations, European Union, Council of Europe, NATO, OECD, OSCE, IMF, and WTO. It is also a member of the Council of the Baltic Sea States and Nordic Investment Bank. It was a member of the League of Nations (1921–1946). Latvia is part of the Schengen Area [134] and joined the Eurozone on 1 January 2014. [135]
For more details, see History of Latvia. During the interwar period (1918–1940), Riga and Latvia shifted their focus from Russia to the countries of Western Europe. A democratic, parliamentary system of government with a President was instituted. Latvian was recognized as the official language of Latvia. Latvia was admitted to the League of ...
Latvia and Lithuania followed a similar process, until the completion of the Latvian War of Independence and Lithuanian Wars of Independence in 1920. According to the 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact , " the Baltic States (Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) " were divided into German and Soviet "spheres of influence" (German copy).
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Sweden's main opposition party, the Social Democrats, welcomed the move but called for more far-reaching vetting and controls. "There is a before and after February 4," Social Democrat lawmaker ...
Dievturība is a modern revival of the ethnic religion of the Latvians before Christianization in the 13th century CE. [ 44 ] [ 48 ] Most of the Christian Latvians claim to belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church , but in Latgale and Alsunga Municipality the Roman Catholic Church is predominant, a small minority of Latvians belong to the ...