Topic Group - Political events, regimes and situations

EN LV ET LT DE RU

Soviet Republic of Latvia, 1919-1920

After the signing of the peace treaty between Soviet Russia (delegates on the left) and Poland at the House of Blackheads in Riga on March 18, 1921. Source: la.lv

Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty

Source: https://timenote.info/lv/Gunars-Astra

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Gunārs Astra (1931-1988)

Participant in the 1991 barricades.

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Barricades

dzelzspriekškars

"Iron Curtain"

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Declaration of the Council of the Lithuanian Freedom Struggle Movement of February 16, 1949 – the victory of the ideas of freedom and democracy on this side of the Iron Curtain

KurzemesKatls Karte

Courland Pocket/Fortress

Latvian refugee boat ferrymen. 1st row from left Eduards Andersons and F. Korše, 2nd row from left Pēteris Jansons and A. Āboliņš. November 1943. National Oral History Collection.

WW2 refugees

German/Nazi occupation

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Genocide

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Strategic / ballistic missiles

BruņošanasSacensiba

"Arms Race"

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Declaration of Independence of Lithuania 16.02.1918

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Somu jēgeri

Proclamation of the Independent State of Latvia. November 18, 1918. Author: Vilis Rīdzenieks.

Declaration of the Latvian state

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June 1941 Uprising in Lithuania

Lithuanian Special Archives

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Declaration of the Council of the Lithuanian Freedom Struggle Movement

1941 deportation wagon at Torņkalns station. Photo by Edgars Ražinskis. 2021.

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The deportations of 1941 and 1949

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Dissident during the occupation of the USSR

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Repression

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The Caribbean or Cuban Missile Crisis

Stalin and Ribbentrop after signing the pact. August 23, 1939. Source: German Federal Archives.

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Hitler - Stalin / Molotov - Ribbentrop Pact

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Totalitarianism

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Third Revival or the Singing Revolution (1987-1991)

cold war political cartoon good

Cold War

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Congress of Lithuanian Partisan Commanders

Landeswehr artillery during the liberation of Riga on May 22, 1919. Source: "Die Baltische Landeswehr im Befreiungskampf gegen den Bolschewismus" published in 1929.

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Liberation of Riga from the Bolsheviks in 1919

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Latvian Provisional National Council (LPNP)

Signing of the Armistice Treaty on December 15, 1917. On the left are the delegations of the Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary, Germany and Bulgaria (the treaty is signed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Front, Prince Leopold of Bavaria), on the right is the delegation of Soviet Russia (seated are Lev Kamenev, Adolf Joffe and Anastasia Bicenko). Source: German State Archives.

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Brestlitovsk Peace Treaty

USSR/communist occupation

Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association

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Battle of Stompaku

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Anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda

A group of Latvian and Estonian officers at Cēsis railway station near an Estonian armored train that participated in the Battle of Cēsis, 5 June 1919. 1st row from the left: 3rd Jorģis Zemitāns, 4th Krišjānis Berķis, 5th Voldemārs Ozols. Photo from the Cēsis History and Art Museum.

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Battle of Cēsis (Estonian: Battle of Võnnu)