Historical place archive

Latvia in History

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

4 records4 event labels2 people1939–1990

Historical events in Latvia

1939

5 September 1939
Treaty of Mutual Assistance
Joseph Stalin · Government of Russia

Russia signs Treaty of Mutual Assistance with Latvia giving Russia occupation rights

10 October 1939
Capture of Latvia
Joseph Stalin · World War, 2nd

Forced to accept a "mutual assistance" pact with Moscow

1990

4 May 1990
Independence of Latvia
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev · Government of Russia

Latvia votes to secede from the USSR

4 May 1990
Independence of Russia
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev · Government of Russia

Latvia votes to secede from the USSR

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Russia and Latvia. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

This database is a research index. For formal scholarly citation, verify individual claims against appropriate primary, archival, academic or specialist sources.