Here are 20 Facts About The Country of Latvia

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Here are 20 Facts About The Country of Latvia

Here are 20 Facts About The Country of Latvia

The country of the Former Soviet Union! Here are the Facts and History of Latvia

Here are 20 facts about the country of latvia. The etymology of the name latvian taken from the name latvija comes from the ancient name of the latgalians, one of the 4 indo-european tribes in the baltics that form the modern ethnic core of the latvian people together with the livonian finnish people.

The latvian flag was first used by latvia as an independent state in 1918, but was officially adopted in 1923 and restored back in 1990 after the country's independence was restored from the soviets.

The flag of latvia consists of two colors namely brick red color and white color, the red color on the flag symbolizes the blood shed in the past, this color is also depicted as a symbol of the readiness of the latvian people to give blood from their hearts for freedom.

The white color on the latvian flag has the meaning of right and truth. Although the latvian flag was officially adopted in 1923, it has been used by latvians since the 13th century. Latvian legend tells the story of the beginning of the use of the latvian flag.

It is said that in a battle the latvian chieftain was seriously wounded and wrapped in a white cloth, part of the cloth on which the chief lay remained white, while both ends were red covered with blood.

During the ensuing battles the cloth was used as a flag by the warriors and they managed to win the battle, since then the tribes of latvia used this color as their flag. Based on its history, the flag design of latvia is one of the oldest in the world. This flag design was even worn before the country was born.

In 2004 latvia merged into the oraganization of NATO and the european union, the country then began using the euro currency on January 1, 2014, and made the euro the official currency of its country replacing the previous currency of the Latvian lat. Latvian is the official language spoken in the country of latvia.

Latvian is also known as lettish, is one of the two baltic languages that are still spoken today Latvian is also one of the oldest languages of Europe. Another baltic language that is still in use is lithuanian.

On August 23, 1989, about 2 million people from estonia, latvia and lithuania joined forces to protest the soviet occupation of their territory, these people formed a human chain that stretched for 600 kilometers through the capitals of the three countries. This action connected and united the people of the baltic states in their efforts for freedom, it also helped push for the collapse of the entire soviet union.

This event is now included in the list of world memory by unesco. ' It is estimated that about 12.5% of the latvian population died during the second world war, making latvia one of the countries with the highest percentage of deaths during the second world war There were as many as 190,000 latvians imprisoned in the soviet gulag between 1945 and 1952. Most of the latvian jews were killed during the era of the second world war, when the country was occupied by soviets and germans.

History has it that nazi german forces were responsible for most of those deaths. The city of Riga is the name of the capital of latvia, the city is home to one-third of the population of latvia. The city of Riga is famous for its many buildings in the art nouveau architectural style and 19th-century wooden architecture. The historical center of riga is currently included in the list of world heritage sites by unesco.

Here are 20 Facts About The Country of Latvia

About 54% of latvia's territory is forested, making latvia one of the greenest countries in europe. And about 10% of its territory is a swamp that is home to latvian wildlife Venta rumbas in the kuldiga region is the largest waterfall in europe, this waterfall stretches until it reaches 270 meters with a height of only about 2 meters.

In the spring visitors who come there can see fish jumping over the rapids that go to the spawning site. In addition latvia also has good beaches, the country has at least 500 kilometers of sandy coastline and is open to the public.

As a country located in the northern hemisphere, Latvia also experiences the phenomenon of midnight sun, which in some time the daytime in this country is longer than the night.

The region of latvia is not a mountainous region, the highest point of the country is in the gaizinklalns with an altitude of 312 meters above sea level. For children majoring in science especially chemistry may have heard the name friedrich wilhelm ostwald, he is the only latvian to have won a nobel prize. This scientist won a prestigious award in the field of chemistry in 1909 for his work on catalysis, chemical balance and reaction speed.

Latvia was also the first country to produce citric acid from molasses, which is part of sugar production. The average height of latvian women is 170 cm, making latvia one of the countries with the highest women in the world. It's no wonder that latvians produce many female models, even one of the highest in the world.

Jacob w. davis was a seamstress of Latvian origin, when he migrated to america he was asked to make trousers by his customers, for her husband who was a woodcutter. He later made the pants, and the product is currently known by the name of jeans. Two years later with the help of levi strauss he patented the product.

Latvia is one of the countries with the fastest internet connection in the world and ranks number one in eastern Europe The country also provides free wifi access in its territory. One of them is in the city of Riga, in this city there are about 800 points of free wifi at high speed.

That is a summary of the history and facts of the country of latvia, one of the baltic states in northern Europe, with its history being the territory of the struggle between germany and russia. But nowadays the country of Latvia has managed to become one of the developed countries in Europe and even in the world. Hopefully, this video can provide benefits for all of us. Thank you for watching and waiting for the next video from us.

The country of the Former Soviet Union! Here are the Facts and History of Latvia

The country of the Former Soviet Union! Here are the Facts and History of Latvia

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The country of the Former Soviet Union! Here are the Facts and History of Latvia

The country of the Former Soviet Union! Here are the Facts and History of Latvia

Here are 20 Facts About The Country of Latvia

Baltic states are a term in geopolitics to group the countries in the northeastern coastal region of the baltics that exist in northern Europe. Currently the group of countries called baltic states there are 3 countries, namely: estonia, latvia and lithuania. In this article, we will discuss one of the baltic states in northern Europe, namely the Republic of Latvia.

More details about the country of latvia, here's the video. The Republic of Latvia, or commonly known as the latvian state is one of the countries in the baltic region, northern Europe. The territory of latvia is categorized as one of the baltic states, which is a geopolitical term and is used to group the sovereign states on the northeast coast of the baltic.

The country has an area of 64,589 square kilometers, or about 2,748 square kilometers larger than the province of central sulawesi in indonesia. Latvia shares a border with the country of Estonia in the north, lithuania in the south, with the country of russia to the east as well as the country of belarus in the southeast, and also borders the sea with the country of sweden in the west.

The country of latvia has a population of about 1,907,675 inhabitants, the country has a city in the city of riga, which is also the largest city in latvia. Latvians and livonians are indigenous in the country of latvia. The country uses Latvian as the official language in its country. Latvia is a unitary state whose territory is divided into 119 administrative divisions.

The form of government of the latvian state is a parliamentary republic. Latvia is led by a president as head of state and the prime minister as head of government. The president of latvia is elected by the latvian parliament known by the name of saeima for a period of 4 years, then the president appoints a prime minister with his cabinet, and forms the executive branch of the government. Latvia is a country with a developed and high-income economy, the country's economy was in a slump after experiencing a crisis in 2007 which was then exacerbated by the global crisis in 2008.

But in 2011, latvia became one of the fastest growing economies in the european union. The country ranks 39th in the world in the human development index, the country is well rated on the measurement of civil liberties, press freedom, internet freedom, democratic governance, peace and a good standard of living.

History of latvia Around 3000 BC, the proto-baltic ancestors of the latvian people settled in the region of the northeast coast of the baltic, the baltic peoples made the region a trade route to rome and byzantium for the trade in precious metals. By 900 AD, the latvian region had been inhabited by about 4 different baltic tribes namely the curonians, latgalians, selonians, semigallians and finnic tribes of livonians.

In the 12th century the territory of latvia was divided into 14 parts with their respective 14 rulers. In 1184 saint meinhard of segeberg, a German who was a canon or priest in the catholic church, traveled with livonian merchants to the region, in the framework of a catholic mission to convert the population from their pagan faith. When the peaceful ways of repentance did not pay off, the meinhard planned to turn the livonians with the power of arms.

Finally At the beginning of the 13th century, the Germans managed to control part of the territory currently known as latvia. These conquered areas later formed a crusader state that became known as terra mariana or livonia. After the livonian wars in 1558 to 1583, the region then fell under the rule of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth.

In the 17th to early 18th centuries, the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth, the swedish empire and the russian empire competed with each other for supremacy in the eastern baltic region. After the swedish-polish war, the territory of northern livoonia came under swedish rule. Until this period, the territory of latvia belonged to livoonia underwent some quite important cultural changes.

Under swedish rule and mostly germans, western latvia adopted lutheranism as its main religion. And the southern latgallians who were under polish rule adopted catholicism. In the year 1721 the great northern war ended, the great northern war was a conflict between an alliance of countries led by the russian tsardom to fight for swedish imperial supremacy in the territories of northern, central and eastern Europe.

This war was won by the alliance states of russia in 1721. In 1795, all the territories currently known as Latvians were under imperial rule in Russia. The region was incorporated into the territory of the autonomous provinces of Russia by retaining their own local laws, language and parliament. After the end of world war I on November 11, 1918, the latvian people's council proclaimed the independence of the latvian state on November 18, 1918.

The latvian constitution, also known as satversme, was adopted in February 1922, after a previous session was held through the constitutional assembly of the latvian society in 1920. In 1934 karlis ulmanis who was the prime minister of latvia carried out a coup against the latvian parliamentary system. Ulmanis took over the main office of the country, proclaimed the warring state in latvia, suspended the constituency, dissolved all political parties and parliaments.

He later established an executive non-perlementary authoritarian regime in which he ruled as prime minister. The ulmanist regime lasted until the soviet occupation of latvia in 1940. On October 5, 1939, the latvians were forced to accept a "mutual aid" pact with the soviet union, which gave the soviets the right to station about 25,000 to 30,000 troops on the territory of the latvians. The state administrator was liquidated and replaced by cadres from the soviets.

On August 5, 1940, the soviet union incorporated latvia as a latvian soviet sausageist republic. But this soviet effort was met with resistance from the latvians, in less than a year at least about 34,250 latvians were deported or killed by the soviet government.

Most of the people were deported to siberia. In 1941, german forces attacked soviet forces in latvia in barbarossa operation, the soviet army occupying the area was defeated by the german army and the latvian was then occupied by the germans.

By the Germans latvians were administered as part of the reichskommissariat ostland along with estonia and lithuania. In 1944, fierce fighting took place in latvia between german troops and soviet troops, this battle ended in defeat on the german side, and again part of latvian territory was under soviet control. The Soviets who again occupied the region then began to restore the soviet system.

During that era about 120,000 to 300,000 Latvians took refuge in the soviet army by fleeing to germany and sweden. In the 1980s, soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev began to introduce political and economic reforms in the soviet union called glasnot and perestroika.

In the summer of 1987, there was a large demonstration held at the monument to freedom in the city of riga. In 1988, the latvian soviet sausageist republic along with other baltic republics were given greater autonomy than the soviet government.

In 1989, the soviet supreme council of the soviet union adopted a resolution on the occupation of the baltic states, by which he declared the occupation inconsistent with the law and not the will of the soviet people.

The supreme soviet council of the soviet union or which in English is the supreme soviet of the soviet union is the most authoritative legislative body of the union of soviet socialist republics and the only body that has the power to approve constitutional amendments.

On May 4, 1990, the supreme council adopted the declaration of restoration of latvian independence, and the socialist republic of latvia was renamed the republic of latvia. But in January 1991, pro-communist political forces tried to restore soviet power in latvia with military force, however latvian demonstrators managed to stop soviet troops from occupying strategic positions in latvia, on August 21, 1991 after a failed soviet coup attempt, the parliament chose to end the transition period and restore full independence of latvia.

That is a summary of the history about the country of latvia, and to get to know more about this country,

Here are 20 Facts About The Country of Latvia