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  Riga, Treaty of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
By the Treaty of Riga of 1920, between the USSR and Latvia, the USSR recognized Latvian independence.
The Treaty of Riga of 1921, between the USSR and Poland, followed a truce concluded late in 1920.
Nullified by the German and Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, the treaty was replaced in 1945 by a new Soviet-Polish border agreement.
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 4. European Diplomacy and the Depression, 1919-1939. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
The era between the wars can be divided chronologically into three phases: (1) the period of settlement (from the peace treaties to the Dawes Plan, 1924); (2) the period of fulfillment (1924 to the evacuation of the Rhineland, 1930); (3) the period of repudiation and revision (1930–39).
Conclusion of defensive treaties among France, Britain, and the U.S.
The preliminary treaty of Riga (Oct. 12) was followed by the definitive Treaty of Riga (March 18, 1921), which defined the frontier between the two countries.
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 PLAN OF INVESTIGATION
The Treaty of Riga and Belarus Partition of 1921
These are cities incorporated by Poland on the basis of The Treaty of Riga, on the basis of border proposed by incorporative plan introduced by S. Grabski – one of the Polish representatives in Riga.
First says: “Let’s damage dishonorable Treaty of Riga!” which is directed to Belarusian (because written in Belarusian language) to fight for their right for self-determining and to fight against imperialistic conquerors.
www.belarusguide.com /history1/Riga_treaty.html   (1956 words)

  
 Riga: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The old section, or Hansa town, of Riga is circled by a park-lined moat and includes the ancient castle of the Livonian Knights (rebuilt at various periods), the 13th-century Lutheran cathedral (rebuilt 16th cent.), and the Parliament building (19th cent.).
Captured (1710) by Czar Peter I during the Northern War, Riga and the rest of Swedish Livonia were ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Nystadt in 1721.
Franceska Kirke was born in Riga, Latvia, in 1953.
www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/riga.jsp   (2222 words)

  
 Riga History | A Brief History of Riga
Riga’s history is as complicated as the Latvian language, and probably has just as many influences.
Meanwhile, Riga continued to function mostly as a gateway to trade with the Baltic tribes and with Russia throughout most of its history, gaining a cosmopolitan population as well as influences both from Prussia, Russia, and the Latvian population in the surrounding area.
An increasingly prosperous Latvian middle class and bourgeoisie made Riga a center of the Latvian National Awakening with the founding of the Riga Latvian Association in 1868 and the organization of the first Latvian Song Festival in 1873.
www.riga-life.com /riga/history   (729 words)

  
 THE POLISH-RUSSIAN CONTROVERSY, Part I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Injustice caused by the Treaty of Riga in 1921, that was forced on the Soviet Union.
By this Treaty Poland abandoned her claims to territory of some 120,000 square miles that had been hers before the partitions at the close at the XVIII century, almost one-half of her territory at that time.
The Treaty of Riga fixed not only the frontiers between Poland and the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic, but also the frontier with the Ukrainian Soviet Republic, a delegation from which took a direct part in the peace negotiations, and the white Ruthenian Republic, represented by the Soviet Russian Delegation.
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 treaty — Infoplease.com
Treaties are designed to regularize the intercourse of nations, and, as such, they are the source of most international law.
Treaty of Riga - Riga, Treaty of Riga, Treaty of, either of two peace treaties signed at Riga, Latvia.
Treaties as contracts: textualism, contract theory, and the interpretation of treaties.
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 Hotels Riga
Riga as a port city is a major transportation hub and is the center of the local road and railway system.
Riga county is one of the largest regions of Latvia, it is strategically important and also has the most economic power and developed infrastructure.
Rigas Velestinlis Fereos, (1757-1798) was born in Velestino of Thessaly, Greece.
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 News from Latvia, Estonia & Lithuania - The Baltic Times
RIGA - If up to now they have been restrained by either internal regulations or political correctness, Latvia’s bankers and analysts have recently suddenly become more vocal about the state of the economy, which increasingly resembles a dragster roaring at top speed but unable to release its braking parachute.
RIGA - It used to be that one of the hurdles of starting up a new business was the expense and headache of setting up an office.
RIGA - Courier services are one of the few industries in which trends in each of the Baltic states significantly differ.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Peace of Riga
The Peace of Riga (also known as the Treaty of Riga; Polish: Traktat Ryski) was signed in Riga on 18 March, 1921, between Poland and the Russian SFSR and the Ukrainian SSR.
Eventually both sides decided to sign the Peace of Riga on March 18, 1921, splitting the disputed territories in Belarus and Ukraine, between Poland and Russia.
On the other hand, the Treaty of Riga led to the stabilization of the eastern border of Poland.
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 ::Treaty of Brest-Litovsk::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk brought about the end of the war between Russia and Germany in 1918.
Lenin had ordered that the Bolshevik representatives should get a quick treaty from the Germans to bring about an end to the war so that the Bolsheviks could concentrate on the work they needed to do in Russia itself.
Germany was allowed by the terms of the treaty to exploit these lands to support her military effort in the west.
www.historylearningsite.co.uk /treaty_of_brest-litovsk.htm   (691 words)

  
 CIUS Press: The Ukrainian-Polish Defensive Alliance 1919-1921 by Michael Palij
After providing a thorough discussion of the Treaty of Warsaw and the resulting anti-Bolshevik military alliance between Petliura and Pilsudski, the author proceeds to a detailed examination of the joint Ukrainian-Polish military offensive against Soviet Russia, the causes of its failure, and the subsequent Soviet offensive in Poland and its defeat.
Negotiations leading up to the Soviet-Polish Treaty of Riga and the treaty itself are elaborated.
The study concludes with a description of the last phase of the Ukrainian military struggle for independence from Russia, Ukrainian émigré efforts to continue the struggle in the international diplomatic arena, Petliura's assassination by Samuel (Shalom) Schwartzbard in Paris, and the trial and acquittal of his assailant.
www.utoronto.ca /cius/publications/books/ukrainianpolishdefensivealliance.htm   (555 words)

  
 Memo: Myron Taylor --> Miss Tully 6/12/44
Eastern Galicia was renounced by Austria-Hungary in the treaty of St. Germain, September 10, 1919, and was awarded to Poland on March 15, 1923 by the Principal Allied Powers acting under Article 87 of the Versailles Treaty.
The former Russian territory was acquired by Poland by the treaty of Riga, October 12, 1921.
SUBCARPATHIAN RUTHENIA.-- Formerly a part of the Kingdom of Hungary, this area was renounced in the treaty of Trianon, June 4, 1920, and awarded to Czechoslovakia as an autonomous provice by the treaty of Sevres, August 10, 1920.
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 From Baltic To The Black Sea - RIGA DAY 2
This commemorated the role of the Riga workers in the uprising that took place all over the Russian Empire after its defeat in the Russo-Japanese War.
Standing outside the Occupation Museum in Riga today is the monument to the Latvian Red Riflemen, built in the Soviet era to commemorate the this Red Army unit which defended the Bolsheviks with great loyalty, eventually following Lenin to Russia.
Vike-Freiberga was born in Riga in 1937, but spent her childhood years in refugee camps in Germany (one of those who fled as the Red Army advanced), went to school in French Morrocco, University studies in Canada (B.A. and M.A., Univ. of Toronto, Ph.D., McGill Univ.).
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 Riga, Treaty of - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
RIGA, TREATY OF [Riga, Treaty of] either of two peace treaties signed at Riga, Latvia.
Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Riga, Treaty of" at HighBeam.
NATO foreign ministers to set agenda for NATO summit in Riga.
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 American/ World history 1918 -1919
The treaty was annulled under the terms of the German armistice.
The treaty forbade the unification of Austria and Germany, and forced Austria to recognize the independence of former parts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Under the Treaty of Riga, the final frontiers between Poland and the Soviet Union were set.
www.multied.com /dates/1918.html   (1118 words)

  
 All About Latvia: The 1920 Treaty
The Parties confirm the importance of the Peace Treaty of August 11, 1920 signed between Latvia and Russia as a legally binding document, which not only defined the basic principles of relations between both countries, but also facilitated the strengthening of statehoods and international recognition of Latvia and the new Russia.
Under the Treaty, a district of Abrene (or Пыталово, as it is known in Russia) belongs to the Republic of Latvia.
Russia as a sucessor of the Soviet Union is binded by that treaty.
www.allaboutlatvia.com /article/81/the-1920-treaty   (756 words)

  
 Belarus - World War and Revolution
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918 put most of Belorussia under German control, but on March 25, 1918, the Central Executive Committee of the Rada nullified the treaty and proclaimed the independence of the Belorussian National Republic.
Under the terms of the treaty, Belorussia was divided into three parts: the western portion, which was absorbed into Poland; central Belorussia, which formed the Belorussian SSR; and the eastern portion, which became part of Russia.
The territory of the Belorussian SSR was enlarged in both 1924 and 1926 by the addition of Belorussian ethnographic regions that had become part of Russia under the Treaty of Riga.
countrystudies.us /belarus/8.htm   (710 words)

  
 Chronology 1921
Afghanistan and Turkey signed a treaty of friendship and alliance, establishing a close relationship between the two countries.
Austrian Salzburg voted for union with Germany, a violation of the Versailles Treaty and the Treaty of St. Germain.
Under the terms of the Treaty of St. Germain, the Austrians were to receive Burgenland, a strip of former Hungarian territory that was only 15 miles from Vienna and inhabited primarily by Germans.
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 Chronology 1920
Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the peace treaty officially took effect on this date, as well as the League of Nations Covenant.
The Romanian government signed the treaty of alliance with the governments of Czechoslovakia and the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in an effort to prevent future Hungarian revisionism in Eastern Europe.
The Treaty of Versailles did not provide for a plebiscite for these people, but they did have six months to register their preference publicly.
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 peace of riga - Information from Reference.com
The Peace of Riga (also known as the Treaty of Riga; Polish: Traktat Ryski) was
signed in Riga on 18 March 1921, between Poland and the Russian SFSR and the...
The Treaty of Riga led to the stabilization of the eastern border of Poland.
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 Poland - Interwar Poland
The 1919 Treaty of Versailles settled the German-Polish borders in the Baltic region.
The Poles were not able to exploit their new advantage fully, however; they signed a compromise peace treaty at Riga in early 1921 that split disputed territory in Belorussia and Ukraine between Poland and Soviet Russia.
The Polish nonaggression treaties with Germany and the Soviet Union resulted from this bilateral deterioration of confidence.
countrystudies.us /poland/14.htm   (985 words)

  
 Treaty of Riga — Infoplease.com
Riga, Treaty of, either of two peace treaties signed at Riga, Latvia.
Belarus: History - History Early History through the Soviet Era The region now constituting Belarus was colonized by...
Predictions of its death were premature - NATO's future.(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
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 Riga - Riga, Treaty of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Riga Port Authority is a suitable partner for cargo transport from the East and from the West.
Riga is the capital of the Republic of Latvia.
Riga is not only the largest city in the Baltic States, but also the most important centre of industry,
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 The World at War - Poland Timeline 1918-52
The Lublin Committee signed a Treaty granting the Soviets free reign in the administration of areas under their control.
Treaty between Polish Committee of National Liberation and the Soviet Union grants Soviets full control over civilians in liberated areas.
Polish-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Mutual Aid and Co-operation signed by Provisional Government of the Polish Republic without reference to the western allies or the Government in Exile.
worldatwar.net /timeline/poland/18-52.html   (5040 words)

  
 Pravda.RU Moscow And Riga Plan To Sign Cooperation Treaty
One of the points stipulates that the Riga and Moscow governments will guarantee, as far as their powers permit, middle and higher education in the native languages of national minorities.
However, Riga mayor Gundars Bojars said in an interview with Latvian radio that "a protocol with the Moscow government, obviously, will be signed, but a little more time is needed to reach agreement." It has not been ruled out that the treaty will be signed during Yuri Luzhkov's visit to Riga in September.
The Riga parliament is currently examining the project, which includes the basic areas of cooperation between the two capitals, and also an exchange of experience on how to resolve organisational problems of various aspects of city life.
newsfromrussia.com /world/2001/07/30/11299.html   (2015 words)

  
 1229A Treaty: Introduction and Encoding
This document contains an electronic text edition of version A of the 1229 Trade and Peace Treaty of Mstislav Davidovi^c of Smolensk between Riga and Gotland on the one hand and Smolensk on the other.
The edition is based on the facsimile in Sumnikova and Lopatin (1963).
21 and 31 on the orthography of the Treaty).
www.schaeken.nl /lu/research/online/editions/1229/index.htm   (466 words)

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