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unusual facts about Latvian SSR



Anatolijs Gorbunovs

From 1989 to 1995, he was speaker of the Latvian parliament (first, of the Supreme Soviet of Latvian SSR, then Supreme Soviet of Republic of Latvia, then, of the Saeima, the parliament of the newly independent Latvia).

Andrejs Grants

Having influences by documentary photographers, such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Frank, group "A" used a reportage style to document everyday life of Soviet Latvia, very often creating photographs full of criticism.

Freedom Monument

The three stars were said to stand for the newly created Baltic Soviet RepublicsEstonian SSR, Latvian SSR, and Lithuanian SSR – held aloft by Mother Russia and the monument was said to have been erected after World War II as a sign of popular gratitude toward the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin for the liberation of the Baltic States.

Gunārs Astra

After graduation in 1952, he started to work in one of the biggest electromechanical factories in Latvian SSR- VEF.


see also

Latvian Song and Dance Festival

After the Soviet invasion and annexation of Latvia, festivals continuing in the Latvian SSR, now celebrating the Soviet family.

Soviet Latvia

Sovetskaya Latviya (Soviet Latvia), a Russian-language daily newspaper published in the Latvian SSR