Soviet Rīga

Back cover—Riga station

Back cover, Riga Station

Inside cover—Scene in the City Park

Inside cover, City Park

Monument to V. I. Lenin sculptured by V. Ingals and V. Bogolyubov in 1950

Monument to Lenin

Monument to Lenin (reverse)

Monument to Lenin (reverse)

Revolution Museum. In the centre — Powder Tower, also known as Sand Tower (XIII century)

Revolution Museum

Revolution Museum (reverse)

Revolution Museum (reverse)

Boulevard of the Communards

Boulevard of the Communards

Boulevard of the Communards (reverse)

Boulevard of the Communards (reverse)

Building of the Council of Ministers of the Latvian S.S.R.

Council of Ministers

Council of Ministers (reverse)

Council of Ministers (reverse)

Lenin Street

Lenin Street

Lenin Street (reverse)

Lenin Street (reverse)

Building of the Economic Council of the Latvian S.S.R.

Economic Council

Economic Council (reverse)

Economic Council (reverse)

In this house on Kirov Street in 1888-1900 lived Peteris Stucka, prominent leader of the Latvian Communist Party. Here in the spring of 1900 V. I. Lenin had meetings with members of the Latvian social-democratic movement

Stucka residence

Peteris Stucka residence 1888-1900 (reverse)

Stucka residence (reverse)

Monument to Peteris Stucka (1862-1932) by sculptor E. Melderis

Monument to Stucka

Monument to Stucka (the English caption is the only to omit his role as an outstanding member of the Latvian Communist party)

Monument to Stucka (reverse)

State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet (If you go back to the prior page and compare this to the original black-and-white photo, not only has the photo been hand colorized, but the pedestrians have been retouched out, and an automobile and groundskeeper a few feet away, retouched in. In Soviet Latvia, even lowly groundskeepers could drive to work and park nearby as they tended to the greenery.

State Opera and Ballet

State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet (reverse)

State Opera and Ballet (reverse)

State Academic Theatre of Drama

State Theatre

State Academic Theatre of Drama (reverse)

State Theatre (reverse)

Building of the Academy of Science of the Latvian S.S.R. (noted as the "Palace of Knowledge" in every language except English)

Academy of Science

Academy of Science (reverse)

Academy of Science (reverse)

P. Stucka State University of Latvia

P. Stucka University

P. Stucka University (reverse)

P. Stucka University (reverse)

Academy of Arts of the Latvian S.S.R.

Academy of Arts

Academy of Arts (reverse)

Academy of Arts (reverse)

Museum of Latvian and Russian Art

Museum of Latvian and Russian Art

Museum of Latvian and Russian Art (reverse)

Museum of Latvian and Russian Art (reverse)

Riga Castle, built in the XIV century, home of the Central Museum of History of the Latvian S.S.R., the Janis Rainis Memorial Museum of Literature and the Fine Arts Museum

Riga Castle

Riga Castle (reverse)

Riga Castle (reverse)

Monument to the Heroes of 13 January 1905, by sculptor A. Terpilovsky. Erected on the ground where the tsarist troops opened fire on the demon­strating workers of Riga in the days of the first bourgeois-democratic Russian revolution.

Monument to 1905

Monument to the Heroes of 13 January 1905 (reverse)

Monument to 1905 (reverse)

Young Pioneers Palace, which occupies a part of Riga Castle (XIV century)

Young Pioneers Palace

Young Pioneers Palace (reverse)

Young Pioneers Palace (reverse)

"Pioneer" cinema

"Pioneer" cinema

"Pioneer" cinema (reverse)

"Pioneer" cinema (reverse)

Domas (Thinkers' [sic.]) Cathedral (XIII-XIX centuries) — as we mentioned in our introduction, this mistranslation is a hallmark of Kremlin propaganda

Dom Cathedral

Dom Cathedral (reverse)

Dom Cathedral (reverse)

Church of St. Janis (early XIII century)

Church of St. Janis

Church of St. Janis (reverse)

Church of St. Janis (reverse)

Monument over the tomb of Janis Rainis (1865-1929), great Latvian poet and revolutionary

Rainis gravesite

Monument over the tomb of Janis Rainis (reverse)

Rainis gravesite (reverse)

City canal

City canal

City canal (reverse)

City canal (reverse)

Komsomol Embankment

Komsomol Embankment

Komsomol Embankment (reverse)

Komsomol Embankment (reverse)

Krišjanis Barons Street

Krišjanis Barons Street

Krišjanis Barons Street (reverse)

Krišjanis Barons Street (reverse)

Valnu Street

Valnu Street

Valnu Street (reverse)

Valnu Street (reverse)

New apartment houses in Tirzas district

Tirzas district (reverse)

Tirzas district apartments (reverse)

Tirzas district (reverse)

Hotel "Riga"

Hotel "Riga"

Hotel "Riga" (reverse)

Hotel "Riga" (reverse)

New apartment houses in Agenskalna Priedes district

New apartment houses

Agenskalna Priedes apartments (reverse)

Agenskalna Priedes(reverse)

Meza Park. New stage, capable of holding a choir of 10,000 singers. The traditional national song-festivals are held here.

Meza Park

Meza Park (reverse)

Meza Park (reverse)

Central Recreation Park

Central Recreation Park

Central Recreation Park (reverse)

Central Recreation Park (reverse)

Riga sea-coast, with Kemeri sanatorium

Kemeri sanatorium

Kemeri sanatorium (reverse)

Kemeri sanatorium (reverse)

Riga sea-coast, Majori beach

Majori beach

Majori beach (reverse)

Majori beach (reverse)