University of Latvia
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University of Latvia is a public research university located in Riga, Latvia. The university was established in 1919.
Main entrance on Rainis Boulevard
Central building, originally constructed for the Riga Polytechnic.
University of Latvia main building around 1890s, at that time Riga Polytechnicum.
Faculty of Business, Economics and Management
Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940
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The Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 refers to the military occupation of the Republic of Latvia by the Soviet Union under the provisions of the 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact with Nazi Germany and its Secret Additional Protocol signed in August 1939. The occupation took place according to the European Court of Human Rights, the Government of Latvia, the United States Department of State, and the European Union. In 1989, the USSR also condemned the 1939 secret protocol between Nazi Germany and herself that had led to the invasion and occupation of the three Baltic countries, including Latvia.
Red Army BT-7 tank and ZIS-5 truck in Riga (1940)
Signing of German–Estonian and German-Latvian nonaggression pacts. Sitting from the left: Vilhelms Munters, Latvian MFA; Joachim von Ribbentrop, German MFA; and Karl Selter, Estonian MFA.
Molotov signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
A joint parade of Wehrmacht and Red Army in Brest at the end of the invasion of Poland. On the tribune are Major General Heinz Guderian (centre) and Brigadier Semyon Krivoshein (right).