Soviet Latvia
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The term Soviet Latvia usually refers to the Latvian SSR, a Union Republic of the USSR from 1940 to 1991.
It may also refer to other periods of communist government on the territory of present-day Latvia, e.g.:
- the so-called "Iskolat Republic" (1917–1918)
- the Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic (1918–1920)
[edit] Other uses
- Sovetskaya Latviya (Soviet Latvia), a Russian-language daily newspaper published in the Latvian SSR
- MV Sovetskaya Latviya (Soviet Latvia), was the name of a transport ship operated by the Soviet industrial concern Dalstroy, a part of the NKVD's forced labour system.