Republic of Latvia (1918–1940)

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The Republic of Latvia (1918–1940) was an independent Baltic state between World War I and World War II, marked by democratic beginnings, later authoritarian rule, and a diverse society that included a significant Jewish community.

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf interwar state ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
annexationFormalized 1940-08-05 ⓘ
annexedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
borderCountry Estonia ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
borderSea Baltic Sea ⓘ
capital Riga ⓘ
constitutionAdopted 1922 ⓘ
constitutionName Satversme ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Latvia ⓘ
coupDétatDate 1934-05-15 ⓘ
coupLeader Kārlis Ulmanis ⓘ
currency Latvian lats ⓘ
Latvian rublis ⓘ
educationPolicy minority schools for Jews, Russians, Germans, and others ⓘ
endDate 1940-08-05 ⓘ
firstPresident Jānis Čakste ⓘ
firstPrimeMinister Kārlis Ulmanis ⓘ
followedBy Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Latvian SSR
governmentForm authoritarian regime ⓘ
parliamentary republic ⓘ
hadSignificantMinority German minority ⓘ
Jewish community ⓘ
Polish minority ⓘ
Russian minority ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Latvia ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of Latvia ⓘ
landReform agrarian reform of 1920s ⓘ
LeagueOfNationsAdmissionDate 1921-09-22 ⓘ
legislature Saeima ⓘ
locatedIn Baltic region ⓘ
linked to: Baltic Sea region
mainPort Liepāja ⓘ
linked to: Liepāja, Latvia

Riga ⓘ
memberOf League of Nations ⓘ
notablePresident Alberts Kviesis ⓘ
Gustavs Zemgals ⓘ
Kārlis Ulmanis ⓘ
occupationDate 1940-06-17 ⓘ
occupiedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
officialLanguage Latvian ⓘ
parliamentSuspended 1934 ⓘ
peaceTreatySigned 1920-08-11 ⓘ
politicalSystem authoritarian dictatorship ⓘ
multi-party democracy ⓘ
precededBy Courland Governorate ⓘ
Governorate of Livonia ⓘ
recognitionTreaty Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty ⓘ
recognizedBy Soviet Russia ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR
startDate 1918-11-18 ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latvian Jews → historicalPeriod → Republic of Latvia (1918–1940) ⓘ
History of Latvia → includesEvent → authoritarian regime of Kārlis Ulmanis ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Latvia (1918–1940)
Latvian rublis → currencyOf → Republic of Latvia (transitional period) ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Latvia (1918–1940)
Generalbezirk Lettland → predecessor → Republic of Latvia (interwar) ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Latvia (1918–1940)
Tukums → hasHistoricalPeriod → Latvian Republic (interwar) ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Latvia (1918–1940)
History of the Baltic states → includesEvent → Interwar independence of Latvia ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Latvia (1918–1940)