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	Latvians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Latvians or Letts (Latvian: latvieši), the indigenous people of Latvia, occasionally refer to themselves by the ancient name of Latvji, which may have originated from the word Latve which is a name of the river that presumably flowed through what is now eastern Latvia.
		Latvians and Lithuanians are the only surviving members of the Baltic peoples and Baltic languages of the Indo-European family.
		Latvians look like and are considered Nordics, evidenced through the strong historical, cultural and religious influences gained over centuries during Germanic and Scandinavian colonization and settlement.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Latvians (298 words)

	Mangulis, V. Latvia in the Wars of the 20th Century. CHAPTER VI
		Latvian independence was proclaimed by the new NC on November 18, 1918 in Rīga. A provisional government was formed with Jānis Čakste as President and Kārlis Ulmanis as Prime Minister[3].
		A Latvian Bolshevik government was established December 4, headed by Stučka, and was recognized by Lenin on December 22 as the government of an independent Latvia[12].
		However, since the best Latvian troops were on the eastern front against the Red Army, and since most of Bermondt’s forces were in Lithuania, initially in the battle for Rīga 6400 Latvians and 16 guns were pitted against 8600 men and 56 guns of Bermondt’s army[94].
	www.historia.lv /publikacijas/gramat/mangulis/06.nod.htm (7888 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of Latvians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mariss Jansons (born 1943) is a prominent Latvian conductor.
		Guntis Ulmanis (born on September 13, 1939) is a Latvian politician and was the president of Latvia from 1993 to 1999.
		The Latvian language, like Lithuanian and the extinct Old Prussian language, belongs to the Baltic language group of the Indo-European language family and is neither Germanic nor Slavic.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Latvians (2418 words)

	Society Fresh : Article 'Latvia in the 20th Century' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Latvian newspapers awaited the new century in fear of a world war and also with hope that the new century may bring the world eternal peace and society may be freed of its great inherent contradictions.
		On July 28, 1989, the Supreme Soviet of Latvian SSR adopted a "Declaration of Sovereignty" and amended the Constitution to assert the supremacy of its laws over those of the U.S.S.R. Pro-independence Latvian Popular Front candidates gained a two-thirds majority in the Supreme Council in the March 18, 1990 democratic elections.
		Seventy-three percent of all Latvian residents confirmed their strong support for independence March 3 in a nonbinding "advisory" referendum.
	www.society-fresh.net /DisplayArticle1349271.html (788 words)

	Latvia - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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.
		There are also Jews (9883 in 2005) in Latvia who are now mainly a remainder from the Soviet Union, as during World War II the Jewish Community (according to the last official census in 1935 there were 93,479 Jews in the country, or approximately 5% of the total population) was annihilated.
		The current ethnic mix of the population of Latvia is largely the result of massive immigration during the years of the Soviet occupation, which resulted in a decline of the share of ethnic Latvians from 77% (1,467,035) in 1935 to 52% (1,387,757) in 1989.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Latvia (1547 words)

	SIG Bibliography
		The first list in this book was compiled in 1942 from an inquiry conducted from relatives and friends of those deported [although it is questionable how many Jews were left in Latvia at that point to report their relatives missing].
		This list, published by a Latvian emigre organization, contains 30,000 names of those who were deported, murdered or reported missing due to Soviet activity during the entire period of the Soviet occupation during World War II (1940-41).
		The list of synagogues includes the name of the head of thesynagogue, the address, year it was built, and number of members.
	www.jewishgen.org /Latvia/SIG_Bibliography.html (2765 words)

	Latvia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Republika), or Latvia (Latvian: Latvija), is a republic in Northeastern Europe.
		Bordering the Baltic Sea, Latvia is known as one of the Baltic States, together with Estonia and Lithuania, which border the nation in the north and south, respectively.
		Main article: Politics of Latvia The 100-seat unicameral Latvian parliament, the Saeima, is elected by direct, popular vote every four years.
	www.aseannewsnetwork.com /articles/content/l/la/latvia_1.html (1067 words)

	Latvians Online \| Links \| Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Contains a detailed listing of representatives (with contact details) by state of all Latvian organisations in Australia as well as an alphabetical list of Australian Latvians' email addresses.
		LRFA (Latvian Relief Fund of America, Inc.) is a Latvian run fraternal organization that has been in business since 1952.
		Latvians Online is a global Internet meeting place for persons of all ages with an interest in Latvians and Latvia.
	www.latviansonline.com /links/links.php?id=C0_85_14 (484 words)

	Latvians Online \| Links \| All categories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		For a fascinating insight into a Latvian colony that was established in Siberia long before the mass deportations of the 1940s, read the collection of articles and interviews maintained by Latvian historian and filmmaker Ingvars Leitis.
		Claiming to be the oldest Latvian Lutheran congregation in the United States, St. John's Latvian Lutheran Church is a community of about 100 families of Latvian heritage who live in the Philadelphia area of Pennsylvania.
		A Latvian school operates within the church grounds and other other social and cultural events such as folk dancing events, music performances, art exhibits and craft fairs are held here throughout the year.
	www.latviansonline.com /links/links.php (7623 words)

	Latvia / These Names Accuse - Our Families, A Personal Introduction
		That was These Names Accuse—Nominal List of Latvians Deported to Soviet Russia, second edition, published in 1982 by The Latvian National Foundation, in Stockholm, Sweden.
		One additional note on These Names Accuse: the book is the list of those Latvians deported in 1940 and 1941 by the Soviet Union, which the Latvian National Foundation received from the Swiss Red Cross based in Geneva, gathered after the Nazis repulsed the first Soviet invasion.
		Perhaps Stalin had simply wanted to erase any memory that when insurgents captured Moscow in 1918, it was 10 batallions of Latvian infantry that guarded the Kremlin, that defeated and later executed the insurgents—contributing to the survival of Lenin and the Bolshevik revolution.
	www.latvians.com /en/Reading/TheseNamesAccuse/ThNA-00-OurFamilies.php (1276 words)

	Latvia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Republika), or Latvia (Latvian: Latvija), is a country in Northern Europe.
		The ethnic mix of the population of Latvia is largely the result of massive post-war immigration, which resulted in a decline in the share of ethnic Latvians from 77% in 1935 to 52% in 1989.
		Latvian which is a member of the Baltic language group, is the only official language in Latvia, but Russian is widely spoken among the Russian community.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/latvia (648 words)

	Toronto Zinas (News)
		Latvian president Vaira Vike-Freiberga’s pronouncements on the rights of non-governmental organizations and rental property in Jurmala were hot topics on docks and around bonfires.
		We were honoured by the presence of Latvian president Vaira Vike-Freiberga and her husband Imants Freibergs, as well as Latvia’s Prime Minister and his wife and family.
		Latvian businesswomen discussed the importance of charities in today’s society, and the need for support of special social groups (such as children, persons with disabilities, etc.), which can be realized by successful businesses, and high standards of social responsibility.
	www.torontozinas.com /index.php?id=arh&nr=78 (4244 words)

	Caught by the Act
		In a related development last week, the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem submitted a list of 64 Latvians believed to have been involved in war crimes during World War II to the Australian ambassador in Tel Aviv, Ian Wilcock.
		The list presented to Ambassador Wilcock contains suspects who are believed to have served in the same Latvian SD as Konrad Kalejs and Karlis Ozols.
		The Latvian Prosecutor’s office also announced last week that it had reopened its investigation into Konrad Kalejs and has asked the Australian Government for assistance.
	www.aijac.org.au /review/1997/2215/act.html (1764 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of Lithuanians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		List of Lithuanians - definition of List of Lithuanians in Encyclopedia
		In a case when a person was born in the territory of former Grand Duchy of Lithuania and not in the territory of modern Lithuania, only persons, which named themselves Lithuanians or were strictly connected with Lithuania in other way, included.
		Over 80% of the Lithuanian population is ethnically Lithuanian and speaks the Lithuanian language, one of the two remaining living members of the Baltic language group, which is also the only official state language.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Lithuanians (249 words)

	LATVIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On 20 September 2003, in a nationwide referendum, the Latvians voted to join the European Union and Latvia's EU membership took effect on 1 May 2004.
		It has since followed a course to reinforce its links with the West, and became a member of both NATO and the European Union in 2004.
		In the larger cities, such as Riga and Daugavpils, Russians outnumber Latvians.
	www.yotor.org /wiki/en/la/Latvia.htm (652 words)

	List of Latvians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Krišjānis Barons (1835-1923) - “the father of Latvian folk songs”, who compiled and edited the first publication of Latvian folk-song texts “Latvju Dainas” (1894-1915)
		Ed Leedskalnin (1887-1951) - builder of Coral Castle in Florida, claimed to have discovered the ancient magnetic levitation secrets used to construct the Egytian pyramids.
		Rainis (real name: Jānis Pliekšāns, 1865-1929), the most distinguished Latvian writer of all time, author of a number of poetry collections.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Latvians (671 words)

	Information map of the European Union - Week in Europe (July 23 - 29, 2003) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Epidemics tops the list of fears of citizens in eight countries, comes in second in two countries, and is third in three countries.
		International terrorism makes the list in nine countries, tops the list in two nations, is in second place in two countries, and places third in five countries.
		Second on the list for Latvians is the spread of nuclear, bacteriological or chemical weapons of mass destruction.
	www.evropska-unie.cz /eng/print.asp?id=2358 (3106 words)

	About a Ball :: About a Ball Player Profiles
		The list of Latvian footballers to have plied their trade in the English leagues is not a long one.
		Verpakovskis' emergence came at the right time for Latvian football as the national team lost top scorer Marians Pahars to injury at the start of the recent campaign and were without a proven understudy.
		Now, as the Latvian league goes into hibernation and the January transfer window looms, he could well wave goodbye to his homeland and seek the challenge and riches of one of the continents major leagues.
	www.aboutaball.co.uk /html2/articles/profiles/profiles.php (1616 words)

	List of Russians - Simple English Wikipedia
		See also List of Marshals of the Soviet Union.
		Since the collapse of the Soviet Union many nations (rightfully) chose to "regain" their nationality in the eyes of the world.
		Therefore some names may be missing from the list above and you may wish to look into the following lists.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Russians (1005 words)

	Latvijas Valsts prezidenta kanceleja (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Published material also includes lists of repressed persons[3], testimonies of the victims[4] and publications about other types of repression[5].
		In 2001, on the 60th anniversary of the 14 June, 1941 mass deportation, a major international conference was organized under the aegis of the Sub-Commission.
		Several research papers by Latvian historians not presented at the conference will be included as well.
	www.president.lv /index.php?pid=2271 (1910 words)

	Topica Email List Directory
		The summit, dubbed "the Bridge to Prague," is the final meeting of top leaders from the candidate countries before NATO leaders meet in November in Prague to discuss the biggest change to the alliance since it was formed 53 years ago.
		In talks with Latvian Foreign Minister Indulis Berzins Thursday in Riga, discussing the Holocaust research and work of Latvia's historians committee, Baker praised the work performed by Latvia in implementation of the historians committee work as well as in revival of Latvia's Jewish community.
		The officials during the talks with Latvian foreign minister praised the changes that have taken place in Latvia after the restoration of the country's independence.
	lists.topica.com /lists/nato1/read/message.html?mid=904747260&sort=d&start=286 (10179 words)

	Leonas Cerskus: "The story of Lithuanian soldier". Links.
		Nominal List of Latvians Deported to Soviet Russia.
		List of the aides of the Czech State Security.
		Short list by nationality of only known 7582 prisoners, that were executed in Kolyma.
	www.angelfire.com /de/Cerskus/english/saitai.html (3546 words)

	Go West young workers - PittsburghLIVE.com
		A Latvian parliamentary committee concluded last week that the country may need to invite workers from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine in the next four years because its homegrown workers were leaving en masse.
		In Ireland, Poles, Latvians and Lithuanians are now ubiquitous in most of the lowest-paid lines of work, such as waiters and farm workers, and it's common to see Baltic license-plated cars contributing to Dublin traffic jams.
		Ireland's Central Statistics Office found that 133,000 people had moved there from the 10 new EU states between their admission in May 2004 and October of this year, and just 1 percent of them were claiming welfare benefits.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/business/s_399963.html (964 words)

	latvia reference - the latvians.com library
		As recently as 2001—ten years after Latvian independence—a British Airways tourist brochure published as fact the Soviet era propaganda that Latvia's Freedom Monument was erected by the Baltic peoples in grateful thanks to their "liberator," Stalin.
		Most accounts of "Latvian" history start with the founding of Riga in 1201—a date as well known to the Latvians as 1066 is to the English.
		Materials on Latvian nationalism and independence...present a strongly nationalistic picture of Latvia's first independence: Latvians shedding the twin yokes of Baltic German and Tsarist oppression.
	www.latvians.com /en/Reading/reading.php (841 words)

	The Howard Center
		The small country speaks one of two surviving Baltic languages, Latvian; the other, slightly older Lithuanian, is the oldest living Indo-European tongue.
		During World War II, it was briefly "liberated" by the German army, and many Latvians volunteered to help the Germans, some ignominiously collaborating in the Nazi persecution of the Jews.
		Approximately 31 percent of Latvians list no religion, twenty-three percent are Lutherans, 22 percent Roman Catholic, and 19 percent Orthodox.
	www.profam.org /pub/rs/rs_1912.htm (5303 words)

	Sources
		Represeto saraksts 1941 [List of the Persecuted], Latvijas Valsts Arhivs, Riga, 1995, 1, 90-98.
		junija bija paredzets arestet vai izsutit" [List of the Persecuted, 1941.
		Yad Vashem, "List of Holocaust Victims From Liepaja," 28 7 2000.
	www.liepajajews.org /wc_src.htm (1702 words)

	Latvians Books, Book Price Comparison at 130 bookstores
		Colloquial Latvian is easy to use and completely up-to-date, with no prior knowledge of the language required.
		Colloquial Latvian is a practical course in everyday written and spoken Latvian requiring no prior knowledge of the language.
		Linguistics and Poetics of Latvian Folksongs: Essays in Honour of the Sesquicentennial of the Birth of Kr.
	www.bookfinder4u.com /search/Latvians.html (335 words)

	LINGUIST List 6.192: Latvia's language policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Martin Haspelmath mentioned a German TV report of some sort "showing that knowledge of the Latvian language is sometimes required of Russian-speaking Estonians even where it makes no sense".
		Personally, I would hope that Latvians would take any measures they deem necessary to get everybody in their country to speak their language.
		I'm sure all of those who have been shown that kind of disrespect in their own country by people who think they're above learning the national language would applaud any such measures.
	www.sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de /linguist/issues/6/6-192.html (340 words)

	List of Russians - Art History Online Reference and Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This is a list of people associated with Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union, and Russia of today.
		For a long time Russia has been a multinational country, and many people of different nationalities contributed to its culture, to its glory, and to its sorrow.
		They may have emigrated or immigrated, and thus may appear in other "Lists of...", but nevertheless their names are linked to the words "Russia", "Russian", whether with pride, with shame, or with pain.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/List_of_famous_Russians (1239 words)

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