LATGALE

lätˈgälĕ or Latgallialătgălˈēə, region and former province, in Latvia, N of the Western Dvina River. Daugavpils was the chief city. The region was settled in the early Middle Ages by the Latgalians, who were closely akin to the Letts and spoke a Latvian dialect. Latgale shared the history of Livonia (of which it formed the southern part) until 1561, when it passed to Poland. Unlike the rest of Latvia, however, Latgale retained Roman Catholicism. The area was ceded to Russia during the Polish partition of 1772. In 1918 it became part of newly independent Latvia.

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Between Stalin and Hitler: Class War and Race War on the Dvina, 1940-46
Book by Geoffrey Swain; RoutledgeCourzon, 2004
Subjects: Daugavpils (Latvia)--History--20th Century, Nationalism--Latvia--Daugavpils, World War, 1939-1945--Latvia--Daugavpils
...Nazis wanted to encourage. They wanted to support the Latgale Latvian cultural elite and establish a self-administration in Latgale which matched the regions ethnic diversity. Wooing the Latgale Latvians Rieckens vision of self-administration...
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Diasporas and Ethnic Migrants: Germany, Israel, and Post-Soviet Successor States in Comparative Perspective
Book by Rainer MÜnz, Rainer Ohliger; Frank Cass, 2003
Subjects: Emigration And Immigration--History--20th Century--Case Studies, Ethnicity--History--20th Century--Case Studies, Minorities--History--20th Century--Case Studies
...cent. In the Rezekne province (part of Latgale), registered unemployment reached 21...Nevertheless, interethnic relations in Latgale are far less tense than they are in Riga. Latgale had surely been a multiethnic region for...
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Political Construction Sites: Nation-Building in Russia and the Post-Soviet States
Book by Peål Kolst, Susan Høivik; Westview Press, 2000
Subjects: Ethnicity--Former Soviet Republics, Former Soviet Republics--Politics And Government, Nationalism--Former Soviet Republics
...ethnic Latvian populace of the province of Latgale. Located in southeastern Latvia, Latgale has a political and cultural history different...and thus became marked by German culture, Latgale remained under Polish-Lithuanian rule until...
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Nation-Building and Ethnic Integration in Post-Soviet Societies: An Investigation of Latvia and Kazakstan
Book by Pål Kolstø; Westview Press, 1999
Subjects: Ethnology--Kazakhstan, Ethnology--Latvia, Kazakhstan--Ethnic Relations, Kazakhstan--Politics And Government--1991-, Latvia--Ethnic Relations, Latvia--Politics And Government--1991-
...historical, and religious factors. Latgale has historically been under the sway...beginning of the eighteenth century, Latgale remained Polish until the end of that century. In tsarist Russia Latgale was administratively not a part of the...
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Economic Demography of Eastern and Southern Europe
Book by Wilbert E. Moore; League of Nations, 1945
Subjects: Europe--Economic Conditions, Europe--Population
...during the interwar period in the East Latgale province , but in other areas the older...dispersed family farms. Strip farming in Latgale was gradually replaced by communal cultivation...of inheritance in all provinces except Latgale, but the postwar laws set a legal maximum...
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Storm Approaching
Journal article by Martins Zelmenis; The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 18, 1998
Subjects: Short stories
...trouble coping with alone: I wonder how the women of Vidzeme, Latgale, and the land of the Seli go about their milking? Just like...although man aging to take root: What does a barn in Vidzeme or Latgale look like? and, as theres nobody to tell, the mistress goes...
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Uut Lati Ja Eesti Linnustest
Journal article by Jaan Tamm; Estonian Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 13, 2009
...Liivimaa (lisaks Vidzemele veel lounapoolne osa Eestist ning Saaremaa ja Muhu) piir kulges Daugava joonel. Latile nime andnud Latgale kuulus aga tollase Vitebski kubermangu koosseisu ja seetottu pole sealsed muistised Paulucci albumis kajastamist leidnud...
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Why Bigger Party Membership Organisations in Lithuania Than in Latvia 1995-2000?
Journal article by Hermann Smith-Sivertsen; East European Quarterly, Vol. 38, 2004
Subjects: Duverger, Maurice, Politics--Analysis
...1998. (2): The Latvian Social Democratic Workers Party (LSDSP) merged with Bojars Social Democratic Party and the small Latgale Democratic Party. (3): No of members in July 15, 1998, source: home page of the party. (4): No of members in 1998...
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Ethnographic Atlas Xxxi: Peoples of Easternmost Europe (1)
Journal article by Dmitri Bondarenko, Alexander Kazankov, Daria Khaltourina, Andrey Korotayev; Ethnology, Vol. 44, 2005
Subjects: Ethnology
...V. E. 1901. Sredi latyshej (Among the Latvians). Moscow. Efremova, L. S. 1982. Latyshskaja krestjanskaja semja v Latgale, 1860-1939 (Latvian Rural Family in Latgal). Riga. Karlov, V. V. 1990. Vvedenie v etnografiju narodov SSSR (Introduction...
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First Union Formation in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania: Patterns across Countries and Gender
Journal article by Kalev Katus, Allan Puur, Asta Põldma, Luule Sakkeus; Demographic Research, Vol. 17, 2007
...modern Latvia was split between the two influences - the provinces of Kurland and Livland became prevailingly Lutheran whereas Latgale, due to its association with Lithuania, maintained the Catholic tradition. Along with this divide, secularisation and related...


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Mimi and Me; Christopher Morley Meets Rising Opera Star Kristine Opolais at Rehearsals for Her Birmingham Debut
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), October 23, 2008
...his partner, Kristine Opolais, singing the role of doomed heroine Mimi. Opolais, who was born in the town of Rezekne in Latgale, the easternmost region of Latvia, in 1979, is the daughter of amateur musicians, her mother a dramatic soprano and her...


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encyclopedia articles on: Latgale  - 6 results

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Latgale
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LATGALE lat gale or Latgallia latgal e , region...the Letts and spoke a Latvian dialect. Latgale shared the history of Livonia (of which...Unlike the rest of Latvia, however, Latgale retained Roman Catholicism. The area was...
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Latvia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Dvina (Daugava) River are Vidzeme and Latgale, which were parts of Livonia ; south...regions (Kurzeme, Zemgale, Vidzeme and Latgale). History The Letts (after whom the...Sweden conquered Livonia (except for Latgale), which it lost in turn to Russia in...
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Livonia , Region and Former Russian Province
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Estonia and parts of Latvia (Vidzeme and Latgale ). It borders on the Baltic Sea and its...a duchy under Polish suzerainty, and Latgale, in the southeast, became part of Poland...kept it at the Peace of Nystad (1721). Latgale passed to Russia in 1772. In 1783, Livonia...
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Poland, Partitions Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Stanislaus II of Poland was unable to resist his three neighbors. The partition of 1772 gave Pomerelia and Ermeland to Prussia, Latgale and Belarus E of the Dvina and Dnieper rivers to Russia, and Galicia to Austria. When in 1791 the remainder of Poland showed...
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Daugavpils
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1772). Daugavpils was a flourishing trade center until World War I. In independent Latvia (1918 40) it was the capital of Latgale prov. Its former (1893 1920) Russian name was Dvinsk. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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