History of Latvia

Encyclopedia of the history of Latvia in a convenient form for study

Latvia is a country of eastern Europe with a very rich history and cultural heritage. This application is intended for those people who want to learn about the history of Latvia or to refresh some historical events in their memory.

The app covers and describes in detail the following major stages in the history of Latvia:

- Prehistory

- Early state formations

- German period, 1185–1561

- Livonian War, 1558–1583

- Polish-Lithuanian and Swedish rule, 1561–1721/95

- Russian period, 1721/95–1915/18

- World War I

- Competing statehood movements, 1917–20

- Parliamentary era, 1920–34

- Ulmanis dictatorship, 1934–40

- World War II

- Soviet era, 1944-1990

- Restoration of independence

- Modern history