Category: Soviet Latvia (1919 & 1940-1991)

Late Soviet statistics on education and culture in Latvia (excerpts), 1988

[table above, on the right] DISTRIBUTION OF PRE-SCHOOLS BY LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION, as at end of 1987 Number of pre-schools Number of pupils, thsd. Total In urban areas In rural areas Total In urban areas In rural areas All pre-schools 1057 690 367 141.6 112.7 28.9 Among those, with the following language of instruction: Latvian … Continue reading "Late Soviet statistics on education and culture in Latvia (excerpts), 1988"

Soviet Latvia: a life in bilingual documents

Publisher’s notes: death certificates in Soviet Latvia were bilingual as well. Some specimens can be viewed at: http://www.nmkk.lv/Attachments/AttachedFileViewForm.aspx?id=695469&ItemId=1482507 & http://www.nmkk.lv/Attachments/AttachedFileViewForm.aspx?id=656404&ItemId=1422031 & https://www.la.lv/cik-tev-uzvardu-saruna-ar-anglu-spiega-delu-peteri-krilovu/galerija/6 & https://spoki.lv/paparazzi/CCCP-Laiku-doki-dokomenti/569126 & https://timenote.info/lv/Sergejs-Liepins A collection of Latvian Communist Youth badges https://www.znacivlcsmlapin.com/%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0/%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D1%81%D1%81%D1%80/