Historical place archive

Riga in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Riga in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels1 people1920–1921

Historical events in Riga

1920

12 October 1920
Riga Preliminary Peace
George Nathaniel Curzon · Coalition Government

The Polish-Soviet preliminary peace agreement adopts a frontier substantially east of the Curzon proposal, reducing its immediate role as a settlement line.

1921

18 March 1921
Treaty of Riga Frontier
George Nathaniel Curzon · Coalition Government

The Treaty of Riga confirms a Polish-Soviet frontier well east of the Curzon Line, leaving the British proposal unused as the interwar boundary.

Provenance

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