Valka County (Latvian: Valkas apriņķis; German: Kreis Walk, Russian: Валкскій уѣздъ, romanized: Valkskiy uyezd) was a historic county in the Governorate...

Ērģeme (Estonian: Härgmäe) is a village in Valka municipality, Latvia, and the centre of Ērģeme parish. It is the location of the ruins of Ērģeme Castle...

Gaujiena (German: Adsel) is a village along the Gauja River in Gaujiena Parish, Smiltene Municipality, Latvia. It was the seat of a Komtur of the Teutonic...

Frida Michelson (Latvian: Frīda Mihelsone, née Fride; 1906–1982) was a Latvian Jew and Holocaust survivor. She is known for her memoirs “I survived Rumbula”...

Edvards Liedskalniņš (1887-01-12)January 12, 1887 Stāmeriena Parish, Kreis Walk, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire Died December 7, 1951(1951-12-07)...

Jaungulbene (German: Neu-Schwanenburg) is a village in Gulbene Municipality, Latvia. Jaungulbene Manor Media related to Jaungulbene at Wikimedia Commons...

privileges. 1783: During the Regency of Catherine II the Valga County (Kreis Walk) is formed. 1780: The first stone buildings are erected: a church, a school...

Alfons Vilhelm Robert Rebane (24 June 1908 – 8 March 1976) was an Estonian military commander. He was the most highly decorated Estonian military officer...

Anna Sakse (January 16, 1905 – March 2, 1981) was a Latvian writer and translator. She also wrote under the names Austra Sēja, Smīns, Trīne Grēciņa and...

Lejasciems (German: Aahof) is a village in Gulbene Municipality, Latvia. It is the center of Lejasciems Parish. The settlement was founded in 1867 by the...

Roberts Eidemanis (Russian: Ро́берт Петро́вич Эйдема́н, Robert Petrovich Eideman; May 9, 1895 – June 12, 1937) was a Latvian Soviet Komkor, writer and...

Seda (pronunciation) is a town in Valmiera Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is founded in 1952. The major local industry is extraction...

Alūksne (German: Marienburg) is a town on the shores of Lake Alūksne in northeastern Latvia near the borders with Estonia and Russia. It is the seat of...

Andrievs Niedra (old orthography: Andreews Needra; 8 February 1871 – 25 September 1942) was a Latvian writer, Lutheran pastor and the Prime Minister of...

Strenči (pronounced [ˈstrentʃi] ; German: Stackeln) is a town in Valmiera Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is located about 130 km (81 mi)...

Kārlis Goppers (Russian: Карл Иванович Гоппер; April 2, 1876 – March 25, 1941) was a Russian and Latvian military officer, veteran of World War I and the...

Karl-Bernhard Kirp (24 August 1895 in Valga – 4 May 1930 in Tartu) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of Estonian Constituent Assembly, representing...

Arnold Grimpel (also Arnold Krimpel; 2 April 1901 Valga – 1938 Karelian ASSR, Soviet Union) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of III Riigikogu...

Smiltene (pronunciation) is a town in the Vidzeme region in northern Latvia, 132 km northeast of the capital Riga, and the administrative centre of Smiltene...

General Roberts Dambītis (May 2, 1881 - March 27, 1957 in Trikāta parish near Strenči, Latvia) was a Latvian soldier and politician. A founder of the National...

Gulbene (pronunciation; German: Schwanenburg) is a town in northeastern Latvia. It is an administrative center of Gulbene Municipality. Historical documents...

Aīda Niedra (March 23, 1899 – November 23, 1972) was a Latvian writer. She is considered one of the most important Latvian women novelists. She was born...

Rūdolfs Pērle (1875, present-day Bilska Parish – 1917, Saint Petersburg) was a Latvian painter. For a large part of his life, he specialised in producing...

Valka (pronunciation; German: Walk) is a town and municipality in northern Latvia, on the border with Estonia along both banks of the river Pedele. Valka...

Paul Viiding (22 May 1904 – 27 June 1962) was an Estonian poet, author, and literary critic. Born in Valga to Juhan and Ann Viiding (née Rose), he was...

1954) Cilvēces sargi ("Guardians of Mankind", 1955) Tālā gaita ("The Long Walk", 1955: Autobiographical Novel – Part 1) Septiņi viesi ("Seven Guests", 1957)...

Juhan "Jaan" Kikkas (5 June 1892 – 9 March 1944) was an Estonian middleweight weightlifter. He won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics, setting...

Sooru is a village in Valga Parish, Valga County in southern Estonia. It's located about 10 km northeast of the town of Valga. Sooru has a population of...

Paju is a village in Valga Parish, Valga County in southern Estonia. It's located about 6 km northeast of the town of Valga. Paju has a population of 80...

Balodis Jānis Balodis Born (1881-02-20)20 February 1881 Trikāta Parish, Kreis Walk, Governorate of Livonia Died 8 August 1965(1965-08-08) (aged 84) Saulkrasti...