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DECELERATING FACTORS OF THE LIBERAL-DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATIONS IN LATVIA

Філософія та політологія в контексті сучасної культури, 2020
The problem of the quality of Latvia’s democracy during the period of EU membership (2004-2020) is studied. Latvia’s progress / regression in strengthening the stability of the principles and values of liberal democracy is assessed.
Nataliya M. Khoma
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Astronomer and Metrologist Fricis Blumbahs (1864–1949) [PDF]

Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum, 2015
Fricis Blumbahs (Fritz Blumbach) was one of the first Latvians to acquire higher education in astronomy and he made an outstanding contribution to the culture and science of Latvia during his lifetime.
Jānis Kaminskis, Jānis Klētnieks
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The Concept of the Lithuanian-Latvian Border Region

Acta Humanitarica Academiae Saulensis, 2023
The object of the article is the border territory on the side of the Republic of Lithuania, called Palatvijys, and its concept. The aim is to find out what criteria can be used to distinguish this Lithuanian-Latvian border region and reveal the most ...
Auksė Noreikaitė
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VIOLENCE AND ACTIVISM IN THE BALTIC PROVINCES DURING THE REVOLUTION OF 1905; pp. 48–59 [PDF]

Acta Historica Tallinnensia, 2006
This article focuses on the phenomena of violence and activism in the Baltic Provinces during 1905. The level of violence was substantially greater in the Latvian areas than in the Estonians ones for the following reasons: more advanced economic ...
Toivo U. Raun
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Przemiany narodowościowe na ziemi łotewskiej w XX i na początku XXI wieku

Sprawy Narodowościowe. Seria nowa, 2017
Ethnic Transformations on the Latvian Territory in the 20th Century and at the Beginning of the 21st Century This paper presents demographic and ethnic transformations in the territory of Latvia.
Piotr Eberhardt
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The Memories of Displaced Children: Flight Experience in the Life Stories of Exiled Latvians

Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej, 2021
This article explores how Latvian children who were displaced during the Second World War came across their displacement and how they compose the narratives of this childhood experience.
Maija Krūmiņa
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The Significance of SKABAPUTRA in the Socio-cultural Space of the Lithuanian-Latvian Borderland

Acta Humanitarica Academiae Saulensis, 2021
The aim of the article is to investigate the significance of the traditional Latvian dish – skabaputra (Latvian skābputra – sour porridge made from barley groats and curdled milk) – in the socio-cultural space of the Lithuanian-Latvian borderland in ...
Auksė Noreikaitė
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Financial Help for War Victims and Latvian State Institutions by Latvians Abroad, 1917–1921

Acta Humanitarica Academiae Saulensis
Although patriotic Latvians were not a majority among the socially active foreign Latvians, this fact was largely offset by their activity, and the patriotic Latvians achieved significant results.
Kristīne Beķere
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LATVIANS DOWN AND OUT IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND: CONTEMPORARY MIGRATION TALES; pp. 189–202 [PDF]

Trames, 2019
The involvement of Latvia in the recent European integration, which started once the Iron Curtain was lifted and the independence of the state was restored (1990–1991), led to Latvia’s accession to the EU and NATO (2004) and produced a new type of ...
Ojārs Lāms, Dens Dimiņš
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Views of the Baltic German Press on the Traditions: of Other Nationalities in Riga’s Music Life in the 1870s–1880s: The Influence of the Political Context

Musicology Today
The history of German presence in the territory of Latvia began in the thirteenth century, when Germans arrived here as crusaders. From that time until the nineteenth century, they played the dominant role in the economic and political life of the region.
Jaunslaviete Baiba
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