Latvian War of Independence
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The Latvian War of Independence, sometimes called Latvia's freedom battles or the Latvian War of Liberation, was a series of military conflicts in Latvia between 5 December 1918, after the newly proclaimed Republic of Latvia was invaded by Soviet Russia, and the signing of the Latvian-Soviet Riga Peace Treaty on 11 August 1920.
The North Latvian Brigade entering Riga in 1919
Soldiers mobilized by the Provisional Government of Latvia marching along Jūras Street in Limbaži in 1919
Signing of the Latvian-Soviet Russian Peace Treaty in Riga, 1920
Currency issued by the Latvian Provisional Government in 1918–19
Kārlis Ulmanis
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Kārlis Augusts Vilhelms Ulmanis was a Latvian politician and a dictator. He was one of the most prominent Latvian politicians of pre-World War II Latvia during the Interwar period of independence from November 1918 to June 1940 and served as the country's first prime minister.
Kārlis Ulmanis as a student at the University of Nebraska
Ulmanis in 1934
50 lati banknote with the portrait of Ulmanis