Latvia, one of the three Baltic states, bounded by Estonia, Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, and the Baltic Sea; domain of lush forests and river valleys, sandy coastlines, and medieval architecture. Steeped in ancient traditions. The Crusades, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Poland-Lithuania, France, and Russia have all swept over Latvia — a touchstone of European history.
Personalities, places and illustrations feature prominently in Edna Dean Proctor's 1872 article "Northern Russia and St. Petersburg" based on her time in northern European Russia—a land of frigid temperatures and vast forests, home to Finns, Lithuanians [and Latvians], and Russians, each with their own customs and beliefs. It also explores the impact of German influence in the Baltic Provinces and of Russification, and Russian faith and life in the first decade after emancipation. Lastly, the article showcases St. Petersburg and its transformation of a desolate swamp into a grand imperial capital.
latvians.com/?en/CFBH/ScribnersRusStPtr2024 Dec 04
We corrected our weather pages not updating properly, now kept up-to-date within 10 minutes. Current weather and 5-day forecast for Rīga available below. We also provide weather and forecasts for Tallinn, Vilnius, and Kyiv.
latvians.com/?en/weather/level-050-riga.ssi2024 Nov 27
We've added another window into the 1920's: a subscription installment of "The World and Its People," featuring illustrated country profiles of Georgia, Azerbaijan, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland. We had no idea wild bison roamed Lithuania!
latvians.com/?en/CFBH/WorldAndItsPeople2024 Nov 04
Content we added during our refresh of Latvians.com includes a list of 272 individuals from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania "wanted" by the Kremlin—many of them current and former government representatives or officials—extracted from a Kremlin list of 96,752 (!) total names.
latvians.com/?en/News/level-040-ruwanted_RU.csv2024 Sep 24
