A series of posters about Latvia prepared by the Latvian Institute in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia and the Latvian Tourism Development Agency.
Latvians are the descendants of the early Baltic peoples who first settled along the Baltic Sea 4,000 years ago. From the 13l century on Riga became a major Hanseatic trading centre in Livonia, while in the 17l century the Duchy of Kurzeme was a major sea power. As part of 19th century Czarist Russia, Latvia was a centre of industry. Independence was established in 1918, and after Soviet occupation, restored again in 1991.
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