Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (Latvian SSR; Latvian: Latvijas Padomju Sociālistiskā Republika; Russian: Латвийская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Latviyskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), also known as Soviet Latvia or Latvia, was part of the Soviet Union, and existed from 1918 to 1920, and from 1940 to 1990.
Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic | |
|---|---|
| 1940–1941 1944–1990/91 | |
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| Anthem: | |
 Location of Latvia (red) within the Soviet Union | |
| Status | Unrecognized Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1941, 1944–1990/91) |
| Capital | Riga |
| Common languages | Latvian Russian |
| Government | Soviet Socialist Republic |
| First Secretary | |
• 1940–1959 | Jānis Kalnbērziņš (first) |
• 1990 | Alfrēds Rubiks (last) |
| Historical era | World War II · Cold War |
| 17 June 1940 | |
• | 21 July 1940 |
| 5 August 1940 | |
| 1941–1945 | |
• Soviet re-occupation SSR re-established | 1944/1945 |
• | 4 May 1990 |
• Independence recognized by the State Council of the Soviet Union | 6 September 1991 |
| Area | |
| 1989 | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
| Population | |
• 1989 | 2,666,567 |
| Calling code | 7 013 |
| Today part of |  Latvia |
Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Media
Instrumental variant of the Anthem of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
The National Theater housed the People's Parliament in 1940
Demonstration in Riga on 7 November 1940
Poster of the Latvian SSR Supreme Soviet Election on 12 January 1941
Soviet propaganda demonstration in Liepāja, 1940. Posters in Russian say: "We demand full accession to the USSR!"
German soldiers greeted in Riga on 1 July 1941
"Two Worlds" – an anti-communist and anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda board in Latvia, summer 1941
Soviet soldiers in Riga, October 1944
Palace_of_Culture_VEF_factory._Riga.
