Illustrations
Latvia has a thriving agriculture base on six million acres of farmland. Above is the livestock section of the Marupe Collective Farm in the Riga District, whilst below is a summer farm for hog-breeding.
Stacking finished units at the Riga Electrical Machinery Factory, Riga.
Latvian fisherman aboard a trawler of the 'Zveiniex'* fishing collective of the Saulkrastsky* District.
* Double-transliterated, these should be "Zvejnieks" ("Fisherman") and Saulkrasti.
as part of the series "THE FIFTEEN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS OF TODAY AND TOMMORROW."
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