Latvijas Padomju
Sociālistiskā Republika

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State motto: Visu zemju proletārieši, savienojieties!
Official language	Latvian, Russian (de facto).
Capital	Riga
Chairman of the Supreme Council	Anatolijs Gorbunovs (at the time of regaining independence)
Established In the USSR:  - Since  - Until	July 21, 1940 August 5, 1940 November 18, 1991
Area  - Total  - % water	Ranked 11th in the USSR 64,589 km² --
Population  - Total (1989)  - Density	Ranked 14th in the USSR 2,666,567 41,3/km²
Currency	Ruble (rublis)
Time zone	UTC + 3
Anthem	Anthem of Latvian SSR

The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, short: Latvian SSR (in Latvian: Latvijas PSR) was the name given on July 21, 1940 to the puppet state created during World War II in the territory of the previously independent Republic of Latvia after it had been occupied by the Soviet army on June 17, 1940 in conformity with the terms of August 23, 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The Latvian SSR was formally annexed into the Soviet Union (USSR) on August 5, 1940, when it nominally became the 15th constituent "republic" of the USSR. Its territory was subsequently conquered by Germany in 1941, before being retaken by the Soviets in 1944-1945. Flag of the Latvian SSR. Created in Corel Draw by Michael Reeve, 15 May 2004. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic This flag was adopted by the Latvian SSR on January 17, 1953. ... The USSR State motto is a quotation from Karl Marxs and Friedrich Engels Communist Manifesto, meaning Workers of the world, unite!. It appeared in the language of the Soviet Republics in the USSR Coat of arms, by the reverse order they were mentioned on the Constitution of the USSR... File links The following pages link to this file: Latvian SSR Categories: GFDL images ... De facto is a Latin expression that means in fact or in practice. It is commonly used as opposed to de jure (meaning by law) when referring to matters of law or governance or technique (such as standards), that are found in the common experience as created or developed without... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Riga (Latvian: RÄ«ga), the capital of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast on the mouth of River Daugava, at 56°58′N 24°8′E. Riga is the largest city in the Baltic states and serves as a major cultural, educational, political, financial, commercial and industrial center... Anatolijs Gorbunovs (b. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining. ... 1991 (MCMXCI in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... -1... Constitutional order The order they were mentioned in the Constitution of the USSR; also the order in which the motto appeared in the USSR Coat of Arms. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... Constitutional order The order they were mentioned in the Constitution of the USSR; also the order in which the motto appeared in the USSR Coat of Arms. ... 1998 Russian Federation one rouble coin. ... Time zones are areas of the Earth that have adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time or Z, is an atomic realization of Universal Time (UT) or Greenwich Mean Time, the astronomical basis for civil time. ... The Anthem of the Latvian SSR was the national anthem of Latvia when it was a union republic in the USSR, used from 1945 to 1990. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... A puppet state is a state whose government, though notionally of the same culture as the governed people - owes its existence (or other major debt) to being installed, supported or controlled by a more powerful entity, typically a foreign power. ... Combatants Allies: • Soviet Union, • UK & Commonwealth, • USA, • France/Free France, • China, • Poland, • ...and others Axis: • Germany, • Japan, • Italy, • ...and others Commanders Strength Casualties Full list Full list World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a large scale military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. ... This term is generally used for the Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) in the first phases of World War II. // History of the occupation Before the beginning of World War II Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed an ostensible non-aggression treaty known as... This article is about the armed forces of the Soviet Union. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, also known as the Hitler-Stalin Pact or Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact or Nazi-Soviet Pact and formally known as the Treaty of Nonaggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was in theory a non-aggression treaty between the German Third Reich and the... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Soviet Republic may refer to one of the following states. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...

The United States, United Kingdom, and other western powers considered the annexation of Latvia by the USSR illegal. They retained diplomatic relations with the representatives of the independent Republic of Latvia, never recognized the existence of the Latvian SSR de jure, and never recognized Latvia as a legal constituent part of the Soviet Union. The Stimson Doctrine is a policy of the United States government, enunciated in a note of January 7, 1932 to Japan and China, of non-recognition of international territorial changes effected by force. ... Look up De jure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary De jure (in Classical Latin de iure) is an expression that means based on law, as contrasted with de facto, which means in fact. The terms de jure and de facto are used like in principle and in practice when one...

In addition to the human and material losses suffered due to war, thousands of civilians were killed and tens of thousands of people deported from Latvia by the Soviet authorities until Joseph Stalin's death in 1953^{[citation needed]}. The Soviet rule significantly slowed Latvia's economic growth, resulting in a wide "wealth gap" in comparison with its neighboring western democratic countries (e.g., Sweden, Denmark). In comparison with other parts of the USSR its economy fared better and today Latvia remains one of the wealthiest of the formerly Soviet-controlled states. (help· info), in full: Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin (Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), born Dzhugashvili (Джугашвили), Georgian: Ioseb Jughashvili (იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი); (December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878 – March 5, 1953) was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s to his death in 1953 and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

In the Soviet Latvia were created or increased the industrial capacities, automobile (R.A.F) and electrotechnical (V.E.F) factories, the food-processing industry, oil pipelines, bulk-oil ports (Ventspils), due to investments of the Soviet center. But in Latvia was a deficiency of a labour. The labour has been moved from Russia.

The Latvian SSR, along with the other "Baltic Republics" was allowed greater autonomy in the late 1980s, and in 1988 the old pre-war Flag of Latvia was allowed to be used, and replaced the Soviet Latvian flag as the official flag in 1990. Pro-independence Latvian Popular Front candidates gained a two-thirds majority in the Supreme Council in the March, 1990 democratic elections. On May 4, the Council declared its intention to restore full Latvian independence after a "transitional" period through negotiations with the USSR. This is also the date, when 'Latvian SSR' was renamed into 'Republic of Latvia'. However, the central power in Moscow continued to regard Latvia as Soviet republic in 1990-1991. In January 1991, Soviet political and military forces tried unsuccessfully to overthrow the legitimate Latvian authorities by occupying the central publishing house in Riga and establishing a "Committee of National Salvation" to usurp governmental functions. During the "transitional" period Moscow maintained many central Soviet state authorities in Latvia. In spite of this, seventy-three percent of all Latvian residents confirmed their strong support for independence on March 3, 1991, in a nonbinding "advisory" referendum. A large number of ethnic Russians also voted for the proposition. The Baltic Sea The term Baltic Republics referred to the three Soviet Republics of Estonian SSR, Latvian SSR, and Lithuanian SSR. The sovereign nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, who had gained sovereignty in 1918, were occupied and annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The National Flag of Latvia was re-adopted on February 27, 1990. ... This article is about the year. ...

The Republic of Latvia declared the end of "transitional period" and restored full independence on August 21, 1991 in the aftermath of the failed Soviet coup attempt. Latvia, as well as Lithuania and Estonia de facto ceased to be parts of the USSR 4 months before the Soviet Union itself ceased to exist (December 25, 1991). Today's Republic of Latvia is a legal continuation of the sovereign state whose first independent existence dates back to 1918-1940, and does not accept any legal connection with the former Latvian SSR which had been occupied and annexed into USSR 1940-1941 and 1944-1991. August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... 1991 (MCMXCI in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...

External links

• The Occupation museum of Latvia
• Could the Baltic States have resisted to the Soviet Union?
• Crimes of Soviet Communists — Wide collection of sources and links