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| ARTICLES RELATED TO History of Latvia | | | | |  History of Latvia: Encyclopedia II - Riga - HistoryRiga is located at the site of an ancient settlement of the Livs, an ancient Finno-Ugric tribe, at the junction of the Daugava and Ridzene (Latvian: Rīdzene) rivers. The Ridzene was originally known as the Riga River, at one point forming a natural harbor called the Riga Lake, neither of which exist today [1]. Some believe that the name of the river gave Riga its name.
The modern founding of Riga is regarded by historians to begin with German traders, mercenaries and religious crusaders who arrived in Latvia in the second half ...
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| | | | | History of Latvia: Encyclopedia II - Archbishop of Riga - Bishops and Archbishops of Riga
Archbishop of Riga - The Bishopric of Riga 1186-1255.
Meinhard, 1186 - 1196
Berthold, 1196 - 1198
Albert of Buxhoeveden, 1199-1229
Nikolaus von Nauen 1229 - 1253
Archbishop of Riga - The Archbishopric of Riga 1255-1561.
Albert Suerbeer 1245 - 1273
Johannes I von Lune, 1273 - 1284
Johannes II von Vechten, 1285 - 1294
Johannes III von Schwerin, 1294 -1300
Isarnus Takkon, 1300 - 1302,
Friedr ...
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| | | | | History of Latvia: Encyclopedia II - Latvia - History Main article: History of Latvia
Known originally as Livonia, the area that now constitutes Latvia was under the influence of the German Sword Brethren (Schwertbrüder) from the 13th century onward until the 16th century, when the institution of Livonia was terminated and sold by the local aristocracy to Poland. During several wars different regions of Latvia were occupied by Poland, Sweden and Russia. However, in the 18th century, during the Great Northern War, and later, following the Partitions of Poland, Russia gained control over La ...
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| | | | | History of Latvia: Encyclopedia II - Riga - History Riga is located at the site of an ancient settlement of the Livs, an ancient Finno-Ugric tribe, at the junction of the Daugava and Ridzene (Latvian: Rīdzene) rivers. The Ridzene was originally known as the Riga River, at one point forming a natural harbor called the Riga Lake, neither of which exist today [1]. Some believe that the name of the river gave Riga its name.
The modern founding of Riga is regarded by historians to begin with German traders, mercenaries and religious crusaders who arrived in Latvia in the second half ...
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| | | | | History of Latvia: Encyclopedia II - History of Europe - The origins Homo erectus and Neanderthals settled Europe long before the emergence of modern humans, Homo sapiens. The bones of first Europeans are found in Dmanisi, Georgia, dated 2,000,000 BC. The earliest appearance of anatomically modern people in Europe has been dated to 35,000 BC. Evidence of permanent settlement dates from the 7th millennium BC in Bulgaria, Romania and Greece. The Neolithic reached Central Europe in the 6th millennium BC and parts of Northern Europe in the 5th and 4th millennium BC. There is no prehistoric culture t ...
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| | | | | History of Latvia: Encyclopedia II - History of Russia - Imperial Russia Main article: Imperial Russia
History of Russia - Peter the Great.
Peter I, the Great (1672–1725), consolidated autocracy in Russia and played a major role in bringing his country into the European state system. From its modest beginnings in the 14th century principality of Moscow, Russia had become the largest state in the world by Peter's time. Three times the size of Europe, it spanned the Eurasian landmass from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean. Much of its expansion had taken place in the 1 ...
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History of Russia - Early East Slavs.
Main article: Early East Slavs
The ancestors of the Russians were the Slavic tribes, whose original home is thought by some scholars to have been the wooded areas of the Pripet Marshes. Moving into the lands vacated by the migrating Germanic tribes, the Eastern Slavs – the ancestors of the Russians who occupied the lands between the Carpathians and the Don River – were subjected to Greek Christian influences. While the fortunes of the Byzantine Empire had been ebbing, its culture was a continuous influence upon th ...
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| | | | | History of Latvia: Encyclopedia II - Riga - Business and commerce Riga is home to numerous academic institutions, including the University of Latvia (Latvijas Universitāte), Riga Technical University (Rīgas Tehniskā Universitāte), Riga Stradins University (Rīgas Stradiņa Universitāte) and the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (Rīgas Ekonomikas Augstskola). The Latvian Parliament (Saeima) also sits in Riga, as does the President of Latvia, Vaira ...
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| | | | | History of Latvia: Encyclopedia II - Latvia - Sports Latvia has a professional soccer and hockey league. Latvia's soccer league is named the Latvian football Virsliga.
Latvian hockey team has participated all Ice Hockey World Championships since its entry in group A in 1997, the World Championship takes place in Riga in year 2006. In year 2002 Latvian Ice Hockey team participates the Olympic games for the first time, in Salt Lake city.
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| | | | | History of Latvia: Encyclopedia II - History of Russia - Muscovy Main article: Muscovy
History of Russia - The rise of Moscow.
Daniil Aleksandrovich, the youngest son of Nevski, founded the principality of Muscovy based in the city of Moscow, which eventually expelled the Tartars from Russia. Well-situated in the central river system of Russia and surrounded by protective forests and marshes, Muscovy was at first only a vassal of Vladimir, but soon it absorbed its parent state. A major factor in the ascendancy of Muscovy was the cooperation of its rulers with the ...
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| | | | | History of Latvia: Encyclopedia II - Riga - Business and commerce Riga is home to numerous academic institutions, including the University of Latvia (Latvijas Universitāte), Riga Technical University (Rīgas Tehniskā Universitāte), Riga Stradins University (Rīgas Stradiņa Universitāte) and the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (Rīgas Ekonomikas Augstskola). The Latvian Parliament (Saeima) also sits in Riga, as does the President of Latvia, Vaira ...
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| | | | | History of Latvia: Encyclopedia II - Riga - Population Riga is the biggest city in the Baltic States. The city's population in 2003 was 739,232. In Riga native Latvians make up about 45% of the population with about an equal percentage of Russians. By comparison, a little more than 60% of Latvia's inhabitants are native Latvians, 29.0% are Russians, 3.9% are Belarusians, 2.6% are Ukrainians, 2.5% are Polish, 1.4% are Lithuanians and the remaining 2.1% are accounted for by other nationalities (2003). Most Latvians are of the Protestant Evangelical Lutheran faith, whereas most Russians bel ...
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| | | | | History of Latvia: Encyclopedia II - Latvia - Demographics Main article: Demographics of Latvia
Latvia's population has been multiethnic for centuries. In 1897 the first official census in this area indicated that Latvians formed 68.3 percent of the total population of 1.93 million; Russians accounted for 12.0 percent, Jews for 7.4 percent, Germans for 6.2 percent, and Poles for 3.4 percent. The remainder were Lithuanians, Estonians, Gypsies, and various other nationalities.
Latvians are the indigenous people of Latvia. Now slightly less than 60% of the population are ethnic Lat ...
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| | | | | History of Latvia: Encyclopedia II - History of Russia - Russian Federation Main article: History of post-Soviet Russia
By the mid-1990s Russia had a system of multiparty electoral politics. But it was harder to establish a representative government because of two structural problems—the struggle between president and parliament and the anarchic party system. Although Yeltsin had won plaudits abroad for casting himself as a democrat to weaken Gorbachev, his conception of the presidency was highly autocratic. He either acted as his own prime minister (until June 1992) o ...
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| | | | | History of Latvia: Encyclopedia II - History of Russia - Soviet Union Main article: History of the Soviet Union
History of Russia - Creation of the Soviet Union.
The history of Russia between 1922 and 1991 is essentially the history of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or Soviet Union. This ideologically-based union, established in December 1922 by the leaders of the Russian Communist Party, was roughly coterminous with the Russian Empire. At that time, the new nation included four constituent republics: the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian ...
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| | | | | History of Latvia: Encyclopedia II - History of Russia - Russian Civil War Main article: Russian Civil War
A powerful group of counterrevolutionaries termed the White movement began to organize to topple the Bolsheviks. At the same time the Allied powers sent several expeditionary armies to Russia to support the anti-Communist forces. The Allies feared that the Bolsheviks were in a conspiracy with the Germans because of Brest-Litovsk; they also hoped that the White Russians might renew hostilities against Germany. In the fall of 1918 the Bolshevik regime was in a perilous position, opposed by Russia's ...
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| | | | | History of Latvia: Encyclopedia II - History of Russia - Russian Revolution Main article: Russian Revolution of 1917
Tsar Nicholas II and his subjects entered World War I with enthusiasm and patriotism, with the defense of Russia's fellow Orthodox Slavs, the Serbs, as the main battle cry. In August 1914, the Russian army entered Germany to support the French armies. However, the weaknesses of the Russian economy and the inefficiency and corruption in government were hidden only for a brief period under a cloak of fervent nationalism. Military reversals and the government's incompetence soon soured much ...
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| | | | | History of Latvia: Encyclopedia II - History of Europe - The 19th century After the defeat of revolutionary France, the other great powers tried to restore the situation which existed before 1789. However, their efforts were unable to stop the spread of revolutionary movements: the middle classes had been deeply influenced by the ideals of democracy of the French revolution, the Industrial Revolution brought important economical and social changes, the lower classes started to be influenced by Socialist, Communist and Anarchistic ideas (especially those summarized by Karl Marx in the Manifesto of the Communist Par ...
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| | | | | History of Latvia: Encyclopedia II - History of Europe - Colonial expansion The numerous wars did not prevent the new states from exploring and conquering wide portions of the world, particularly in Asia (Siberia) and in the newly-discovered America. In the 15th century, Portugal led the way in geographical exploration, followed by Spain in early 16th century, were the first states to set up colonies in South America and trade stations on the shores of Africa and Asia, but they were soon followed by France, England and the Netherlands. In 1552 Russian tsar Ioann IV the Terrible conquered Kazan and the Yermak's vo ...
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| | | | | History of Latvia: Encyclopedia II - Latvia - Economy Main article: Economy of Latvia
Since year 2000 Latvia has had one of the highest GDP growth rates in Europe [1]. In 2004, annual GDP growth was 8.5% and inflation was 6.2%. Unemployment was 8.5% - almost unchanged compared to the previous two years. Privatization is mostly completed, except for some of the large state-owned utilities. Latvia is a member of the World Trade Organisation (1999) and the European Union (2004).
The Latvian government aspires to adopt the euro as the cou ...
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