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Hello and welcome to Wikiproject Latvia. This is for people interested in anything Latvia, its people, history, and geography.

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The main purpose of this Wikiproject is to create and maintain articles relating to Latvia.

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[edit] DYK (Did you know)s

Did you know that Anatols Dinbergs was the first Latvian "ambassador" ever to the U.S. because the post of Latvian ambassador was only created in 1991?
Did you know that one of the oldest captive alligators in Europe was named Čabulītis, which means sweet and tender creature in Latvian?
Did you know that Rīgas Satiksme is the largest provider of public transport in Riga?
Did you know that the Freedom Monument in Riga, Latvia, features a woman lifting three stars, the emblem of a united Latvia?
Did you know that the Satversme is intended to hold together all other laws in Latvia?
Did you know that at least 3,000 Vendel Age burial mounds in Grobin, Latvia indicate the existence of a prosperous Viking colony there?
Did you know that the Lieven princely family claims descent from Caupo of Turaida, one of the first Livonians to convert to Christianity?

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Image:LinkFA-star.png Freedom Monument September 24, 2007 March 23, 2008
Freedom Monument
The Freedom Monument is a memorial, located in Riga, Latvia, in honor of soldiers killed in action during the Latvian War of Independence. It is considered an important symbol of the freedom, independence and sovereignty of Latvia. Unveiled in 1935, the 42-metre (138 ft) high monument of granite, travertine and copper often serves as the focal point of public gatherings and official ceremonies. The sculptures and bas-reliefs of the Freedom Monument, arranged in thirteen groups, depict Latvian culture and history. The core of the monument is composed of tetragonal shapes on top of each other, decreasing in size towards the top, completed by a 19-metre (62 ft) high travertine column bearing the copper figure of Liberty lifting three gilded stars. After several contests the monument was finally built at the beginning of the 1930s according to the scheme "Shine like a star!" by Latvian sculptor Kārlis Zāle. During World War II Latvia was annexed by the USSR and the Freedom Monument was considered for demolition, but no such move was carried out. Soviet sculptor Vera Mukhina is sometimes credited with the rescue of the monument, possibly because she considered it to be of the highest artistic value. It remained a symbol of national independence to the general public and on 14 June 1987 about 5,000 people gathered there to commemorate the victims of the Soviet regime and to lay flowers. This rally began the national independence movement and three years later the independence of Latvia was re-established. (more...)


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[edit] Baltic states military history task force

The Baltic states military history task force is all set up and ready for sign up--Termer 06:31, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

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  • Jersika, a medieval castle. Renata (talk) 20:07, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Līvõd Rãnda, Livonian villages on the Livonian Coast — Philaweb T 11:55, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Aizsargi, interwar paramilitary and socio-political organisation — Zalktis (talk) 05:51, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Bikur Holim Hospital (Riga) Jewish Hospital, Riga — Zalktis
  • Cīņa, Latvian-language newspaper of the LSD/LKP — Zalktis
  • Constitutional Assembly of Latvia ~~Xil * 16:21, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
  • George Armitstead, British-Baltic German Mayor of Riga, 1901–1912 — Zalktis 06:47, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Iskolastrel, Latvian Riflemen soldiers' soviet 1917–18 — Zalktis
  • Jersika, ancient principality. Clarification needed! Latgale describes Jersika as a Baltic polity, while History of Russians in Latvia portrays it as an East Slavic one. — Zalktis 16:56, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
  • People's Saeima the Soviet puppet parliament of WWII -- Xil...sist! 22:28, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Raimunds Čaks, journalist, Daugavas Vanagi (Latvian Welfare Association)
  • Riga Graduate School of Law, institution on higher education (already mentioned in a handful of articles) — Zalktis 18:45, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Sakta Latvian national brooch Denis tarasov 10:42, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Suiti, ethnographic group in Kurzeme — Zalktis 06:34, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Valdemar Kletniek, Scout Commissioner, who fled to the U.S. in the 1940s when the USSR abolished Latvian Scouting Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 21:27, 26 January 2008 (UTC)


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Request existing article to be expanded. See also: Category:Latvia stubs

  • Delfi.lt — expand article to reflect pan-Baltic importance. —Zalktis (talk) 12:02, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Latvian Riflemen has more speculations on their red-ness than information on what they did (especialy in Latvia) and why, completly lacks information on how these units were formed ----Xil...sist! 18:20, 15 October 2007 (UTC)--
  • From my readings, a central theme is European communism versus Bolshevik communism. The Latvian communist tradition grew from the European one. The Latvians mistook Bolshevism for communism, also taking promises of Latvian sovereignty at face value. As I recall. —  Pēters J. Vecrumba 22:08, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
  • As far as I know they sided with communist because they saw a hope for freedom in it, they fought against the Germans and believed that Ulmanis government was German puppet government. They were supported by general public and therefore they gained swift victory at first. But then they established communism which led to famine and Germans tried to throw down Ulmanis government. This showed that Ulmanis government wasn't German and communism was wrong and many riflemen deserted and/or joined Latvian army----Xil...sist! 23:45, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Latvian humour---- This is an example request, all examples given more or less fit under given criteria, however these should not be concidered very important requests Xil/talk 00:19, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Arvīds Pelše- Communist Latvian, one of the most influential latvians in the USSR, yet one of the least know. Superzohar Talk 19:02, 29 March 2008 (UTC)


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Request images and other media. See also: Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Latvia

  • Can someone proficient in such things see if there's a way we could use one of the photos of Rainis from either w:lv:Rainis or w:ru:Ян Райнис to help illustrate the English article? — Zalktis 17:09, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
    • I don't think so - I think that Russian picture was deleted here, and there is no information about author of Latvian picture, which is taken in 1920s. I'll try to find something else---- Xil...sist! 18:21, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
      • I wrote to the Latvian Academic Library regarding a particular picture I found in their collection if it could specifically be used in the article here. —  Pēters J. Vecrumba 18:09, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Some time ago I was asked for a "picture of a memorial to Latvian army officers, assassinated in Litene in 1941" ---- Xil/talk 17:37, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Pictures of Latvian presidents Jānis Čakste, Gustavs Zemgals and Alberts Kviesis, those that were on Wikipedia were recently deleted, because of missing source information ---- Xil/talk 00:44, 10 August 2007 (UTC)


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  • Constitution of Latvia - I am fresh out of ideas, so some second opinion would be helpful (just read it and tell me what you think) ~~Xil...sist! 06:20, 3 January 2008 (UTC)


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[edit] Articles that need cleanup

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  • Latvian SSR -- This is an example request, all examples given more or less fit under given criteria, however these should not be concidered very important requests Xil/talk 00:19, 5 March 2007 (UTC)


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  • Dienas Lapa reads far too much like Soviet propaganda; no wonder since it is based entirely on the Soviet version from the BSE. During Tsarist times even "bourgeois" (i.e. liberal) ideas were "progressive". Furthermore, the newspaper was never exclusively Marxist in its orientation, even under Stučka's editorship. —Zalktis (talk) 05:23, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Kārlis Ulmanis - I just noticed that User:OzzieBender has recently expanded it (Diff), it appears that there is some POV (e.g. "his personality cult [..] tended to the nauseous") and some facts that might not be accurate (e.g. "“enemies” of Ulmanis’ rule and were herded into a concentration camp")---- Xil/talk 02:56, 25 June 2007 (UTC)


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  • Latvian mythology is a mess, someone who can tell difference between Latvian Neopaganism and Folklore could help to sort it out ---- Xil/talk 00:19, 5 March 2007 (UTC)


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