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Paremias of the Latvians and the Russians in Latgale: From the Holy Scripture to Modern Existence
Respectus Philologicus, 2020 The paper presents a comparative analysis of some selected Latvian and Russian paremias, the bulk of which has been collected in the time period since the 1970s till nowadays in the south-eastern part of Latvia – Latgale, and studied in the context of ...
Jelena Korolova +2 more
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Acta Baltico-Slavica, 2014 In 2013 in Riga the monumental study entitled Latvieši un Latvija (Latvians and Latvia) was published. The book under review consists of four volumes: Latvians; Statehood in Latvia and the Latvian State – established and lost; The restored Latvian state;
Mirosław Jankowiak
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Beginnings of Literary Images of a Lithuanian and Lithuania in Latvia
Acta Humanitarica Academiae Saulensis, 2021 In Latvian literature since the second half of the 19th century, Lithuanians, Lithuania, its history, its particular sites are quite often depicted in some specific view, sometimes comprehensively, conceptually, sometimes episodically, passingly.
Vigmantas Butkus
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Can Differences in Characteristics Explain Ethnic Wage Gap in Latvia?
Economics and Business, 2017 We used anonymized micro data from Labour Force Survey to estimate the ethnic wage gap in Latvia and find the factors that explain it. We found that a notable ethnic wage gap still exists in Latvia with non-Latvians earning 10 % less than Latvians in ...
Vilerts Kārlis, Krasnopjorovs Oļegs
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Bilingualism in Latvian and Russian in the context of demographic processes in Latvia
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2011 This article deals with Latvian becoming the dominant language in Latvia. The results of the study show that the proportion of Latvians increased from 52% in 1989 to 57.7% in 2000 and to 59.3% in 2009.
Vineta Poriņa
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, 2021 “Latvian Grammar” was written to make information about the Latvian language and its grammatical system more easily available not only within Latvia, but also beyond its borders. A modern grammar of Latvian written in English is as important for native speakers of Latvian as for those who have learned Latvian as a second language and also is of great ...
Andra Kalnača, Ilze Lokmane
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Precarious Roads to Recognition: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, 1917–1922; pp. 187–211 [PDF]
Acta Historica Tallinnensia, 2022 This article introduces the special issue marking the centenary of de jure recognition extended to the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian governments by the United States in July 1922.
James Montgomery Baxenfield +1 more
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The Emergence and Restoration of the State: Latvia in 1918 and 1990
TalTech Journal of European Studies, 2021 On 18 November 1918, the independent Republic of Latvia was declared in an extremely complicated international and domestic environment—the First World War was still going on, empires were collapsing, and ethnically and ideologically diverse military ...
Gusachenko Andrejs, Kleinberga Vineta
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Sustainability by Education: How Latvian Heritage was Kept Alive in German Exile
Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2016 Sustainability is one of the core challenges for education in modern times, particularly concerning cultural heritage. The study evaluates, from a German point of view, how Latvians outside of Latvia after World War II kept their cultural heritage alive ...
Franzenburg Geert
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THE LATVIANS OF BASHKIRIA IN SOURCES AND MATERIALS
Sovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem, 2014 The relevance of researching of Latvians of Bashkiria determined by the new creation of diasporas, the increasing role of the few ethnic groups, the need to address issues of harmonization of interethnic relations, based on the experience of public ...
Farida Gabdulkhaevna Galiyeva +1 more
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