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    The Latvian Provisional Government (Latvian: Latvijas Pagaidu valdība) was formed on November 18, 1918 by the People's Council of Latvia as the interim...
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  • A provisional government, also called an interim government, an emergency government, a transitional government or provisional leadership, is a temporary...
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    Latvian War of Independence (Latvian: Latvijas Neatkarības karš), sometimes called Latvia's freedom battles (Latvijas brīvības cīņas) or the Latvian War...
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    Governorate of Livonia by the Latvian Refugee Support Central Committee, Latvian political parties and representatives from the Provisional Land Council of Vidzeme...
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    North Latvian Brigade loyal to the Latvian Provisional Government headed by Ulmanis) started a major offensive against the Soviets in north Latvia. By the...
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    The Government of Latvia is the central government of the Republic of Latvia. The Constitution of Latvia (Latvian: Satversme) outlines the nation as a...
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  • The Latvian ruble (Latvian: Latvijas rublis) was the name of two currencies of Latvia: the Latvian ruble, in use from 1919 to 1922, and the second Latvian...
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    The Latvian National Armed Forces (Latvian: Latvijas Nacionālie bruņotie spēki), or NBS, are the armed forces of Latvia. Latvia's defense concept is based...
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    1918 as a result of merging two councils of Latvian organizations: Latvian Provisional National Council (Latvian: Latvijas Pagaidu Nacionālā padome, LPNP)...
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  • Estonian Provisional Government Estonian War of Independence  Latvia (independence from 1918) Latvian Provisional Government Iskolat Latvian War of Independence...
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    Latvia (/ˈlætviə/ LAT-vee-ə, sometimes /ˈlɑːtviə/ LAHT-vee-ə; Latvian: Latvija Latvian pronunciation: [ˈlatvija]), officially the Republic of Latvia is...
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    The Provisional Government of the French Republic (PGFR; French: Gouvernement provisoire de la République française (GPRF)) was the provisional government...
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  • and often called by all participants, a provisional government. Riel's followers not only formed a government, they took hostages, demanded to negotiate...
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    The Provisional Government of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Laikinoji Vyriausybė) was an attempted provisional government to form an independent Lithuanian...
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    of the Latvian Provisional Government, M68 was formally commissioned into the Latvian Naval Forces as Virsaitis. She would remain the Latvian Navy's only...
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    Aizsargi (category CS1 Latvian-language sources (lv))
    on March 30, 1919, by the Latvian Provisional Government as a self-defense force, a kind of National Guard, during the Latvian War of Independence. In 1921...
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    Battle of Jelgava (1919) (category Articles with Latvian-language sources (lv))
    Jelgava was an operation of the Latvian Army from 15 to 21 November 1919 during the Latvian War of Independence. The Latvian Army forced the units of the...
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    Estonian War of Independence (category Latvia in the Russian Civil War)
    1st Independent Latvian Battalion led by Oskars Kalpaks, which consisted of ethnic Latvians loyal to the Provisional Government of Latvia. The Germans disrupted...
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    United Baltic Duchy (category Articles containing Latvian-language text)
    The Latvian Provisional National Council was constituted on the basis of the law of self-government, which the Russian Provisional Government granted...
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    Provinces in 1918, he signed the official recognition of the Latvian Provisional Government by the German Empire (1871–1918) that ended German claim over...
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    The Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic (Latvian: Latvijas Sociālistiskā Padomju Republika, LSPR) was a short-lived socialist republic formed during the...
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  • Provisional Land Council of Vidzeme (Latvian: Vidzemes Pagaidu zemes padome, Russian: Временный земский совет Лифляндской губернии) was created in the...
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    Kārlis Ulmanis (category CS1 Latvian-language sources (lv))
    September 1942) was a Latvian politician and a dictator. He was one of the most prominent Latvian politicians of pre-World War II Latvia during the Interwar...
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    Poland and the Latvian Provisional Government on 30 December. On 3 January 1920, Polish and Latvian forces (30,000 Poles and 10,000 Latvians) commenced a...
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    Liepāja (redirect from Liepāja, Latvia)
    Independence of the Republic of Latvia was proclaimed on 18 November 1918, and the Latvian Provisional Government under Kārlis Ulmanis was created....
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    SMS M68 (category Minesweepers of Latvia)
    back to the forces of the Latvian Provisional Government. With repairs complete, the ship was commissioned into the Latvian Navy as Virsaitis on 10 November...
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    Provisional Land Council of Courland (Latvian: Kurzemes Pagaidu zemes padome; Russian: Временный земский совет Курляндской губернии) was created on 27...
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    Courland (category Articles containing Latvian-language text)
    one of the Historical Latvian Lands in western Latvia. Courland's largest city is Liepāja, which is the third largest city in Latvia. The regions of Semigallia...
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    full authority over the local government institutions, but it was not recognized by the Russian Provisional Government, which declined Council’s proposals...
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    minister of Latvia (Latvian: ministru prezidents) is the most powerful member of the Government of Latvia, who presides over the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers...
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