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    each among ethnic Latvians. R1a has originated in Eastern Europe and is associated with spread of Indo-European languages. R1a of Latvians is predominantly...
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    Rēzekne, ethnic Latvians constitute a minority of the total population. Despite a steadily increasing proportion of ethnic Latvians for more than a decade...
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    is spoken in the Baltic region. It is the language of Latvians and the official language of Latvia as well as one of the official languages of the European...
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    000 Latvian citizens died during World War II and the Nazi occupation, thousands of Latvians fled the country. The largest communities of Latvians were...
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  • Look up Latvian, latvian, or Lettish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Latvian may refer to: Something of, from, or related to Latvia Latvians, a Baltic...
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    from Latvia to the US. From 1920 to 1939, only 4,669 Latvians arrived in the United States. Toward the end of World War II, tens of thousands Latvians fled...
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    Governorate were demanding unity with other Latvian provinces (unification of Latgalian Latvians and Baltic Latvians), which came only after the Bolshevik revolution...
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    (roughly two thirds) of Latvians, under Swedish influences, adopted Lutheranism, while the minority (the remaining third) of Latvians under Poland-Lithuania...
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    abolished, a Latvian nationalist movement, the First Latvian National Awakening, begun. Led by "Young Latvians", it encouraged Latvians to become artists...
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    primarily of ethnic Latvians. The legion consisted of two divisions of the Waffen-SS: the 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian), and the 19th...
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    operation of the NKVD against ethnic Latvians, Latvian nationals and persons otherwise affiliated with Latvia and/or Latvians in the Soviet Union from 1937 to...
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  • Aigars Prūsis (redirect from Latvians.lv)
    of Latvia's National Power Union, a far-right nationalist political party, in 2003–2006. He ran latvians.lv, an Internet portal for far-right Latvian nationalist...
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  • refuge in the United States. Approximately 4,000 Latvians live in Chicago as of 2004. The first Latvians began to immigrate to the United States in the...
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  • family. There are few reports of Baltic tribes, the ancestors of modern Latvians, and their mythology until Christianization in the 13th century. Since...
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    Riga (redirect from Riga, Latvia)
    and Orthodox Christianity had already arrived in Latvia more than a century earlier, and many Latvians had been baptized. Meinhard settled among the Livs...
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  • Alunāns' anthology. The New Latvians were also sometimes known as "Lettophiles" or "tautībnieki" ("ethnicists"). Though the New Latvians can be seen as part of...
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    the Latvians. The Latvian Orthodox Church as a body including ethnic Latvians as well as Russians dates back to the 1840s, when native Latvians (who...
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  • Kursenieki (redirect from Prussian Latvians)
    which are the geographical group of Latvians from Courland. The Kursenieki have never designated themselves as Latvians and called their own language "Curonian...
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    regularly. Lutheranism is the main Christian denomination among ethnic Latvians due to strong historical links with the Nordic countries and Northern Germany...
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    establish all-Latvian battalions. As the Germans were advancing into Latvia, they argued, such units would be particularly effective. Latvians knew the area...
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    13–14, 1941. Dov Levin, quoted in Gordon, F. Latvians and Jews Between Germany and Russia Gordon, F. Latvians and Jews Between Germany and Russia Unger,...
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    DigitalCommons@NYLS. "These Names Accuse—Nominal List of Latvians Deported to Soviet Russia". latvians.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012....
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    Government of Latvia is the central government of the Republic of Latvia. The Constitution of Latvia (Latvian: Satversme) defines Latvia as a parliamentary...
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    changing surnames, "Citizens of Latvian nationality should choose only Latvian surnames. Non-Latvians cannot choose Latvian surnames." Many of these changed...
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    Russia, Latvians are a small ethnic minority scattered across its various regions. In the 2010 census, 18,979 in Russia identified as ethnic Latvian, down...
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    those Latvians who were in Russia as a result of previous wars or who lived there. Many Latvian soldiers deserted when Germany attacked Latvia. A few...
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  • from Latvians in their professional characteristics. Over one-third of the Russian population were engaged in industry (one-quarter of Latvians), 7% of...
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  • Ties (Overtime Loss since 2005-06) SO - Shutouts Saves - Shots Saved Save% - Percentage of Shots Saved List of Latvians in the Kontinental Hockey League...
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    allowed some 130,000 Latvians to escape to Sweden and Germany. [citation needed] During the war, both occupying forces conscripted Latvians into their armies...
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  • This is a list of holidays in Latvia. Latvia's National Holidays, Remembrance and Festive Days, the Latvian Institute Law on public holidays, remembrance...
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