Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic

The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (Latvian SSR; Latvian: [Latvijas Padomju Sociālistiskā Republika] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help); Russian: Латвийская Советская Социалистическая Республикаcode: ru is deprecated , 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 Latvijas Padomju Sociālistiskā Republikacode: lv is deprecated  (Latvian) Латвийская Советская Социалистическая Республикаcode: ru is deprecated  (Russian)
1940–1941 1944–1990/91
Flag of Latvian SSR
Anthem:
Location of Latvia (red) within the Soviet Union 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
• Soviet occupation	17 June 1940
•	21 July 1940
• Illegally annexed by USSR, Latvia continued de jure	5 August 1940
• Nazi occupation	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	64,589 km2 (24,938 sq mi)
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

• Joseph Stalin and Joachim von Ribbentrop

• 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

• 1940. Liepāja. We ask for full accession to the USSR.jpg

  Soviet propaganda demonstration in Liepāja, 1940. Posters in Russian say: "We demand full accession to the USSR!"

• Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L19397, Lettland, Riga, Begrüßung der deutschen Soldaten.jpg

  German soldiers greeted in Riga on 1 July 1941

• Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-765-0596-24, Lettland, deutsche Propagandatafel.jpg

  "Two Worlds" – an anti-communist and anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda board in Latvia, summer 1941

• Red Army soldiers in Riga. October 1944.jpg

  Soviet soldiers in Riga, October 1944

• Palace of Culture VEF factory. Riga. 04A.jpg

  Palace_of_Culture_VEF_factory._Riga.