Republic of Latvia (1918–1940)

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interwar state sovereign state

The Republic of Latvia (1918–1940) was an independent Baltic state between World War I and World War II, marked by democratic beginnings, later authoritarian rule, and a diverse society that included a significant Jewish community.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
authoritarian regime of Kārlis Ulmanis 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf interwar state ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
annexationFormalized 1940-08-05 ⓘ
annexedBy Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderCountry Estonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderSea Baltic Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Riga NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionAdopted 1922 ⓘ
constitutionName Satversme NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Latvia ⓘ
coupDétatDate 1934-05-15 ⓘ
coupLeader Kārlis Ulmanis NERFINISHED ⓘ
currency Latvian lats NERFINISHED ⓘ
Latvian rublis NERFINISHED ⓘ
educationPolicy minority schools for Jews, Russians, Germans, and others ⓘ
endDate 1940-08-05 ⓘ
firstPresident Jānis Čakste NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPrimeMinister Kārlis Ulmanis NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm authoritarian regime ⓘ
parliamentary republic ⓘ
hadSignificantMinority German minority ⓘ
Jewish community ⓘ
Polish minority ⓘ
Russian minority ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Latvia ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of Latvia NERFINISHED ⓘ
landReform agrarian reform of 1920s ⓘ
LeagueOfNationsAdmissionDate 1921-09-22 ⓘ
legislature Saeima NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Baltic region NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainPort Liepāja NERFINISHED ⓘ
Riga NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf League of Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
notablePresident Alberts Kviesis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gustavs Zemgals NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kārlis Ulmanis NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupationDate 1940-06-17 ⓘ
occupiedBy Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage Latvian ⓘ
parliamentSuspended 1934 ⓘ
peaceTreatySigned 1920-08-11 ⓘ
politicalSystem authoritarian dictatorship ⓘ
multi-party democracy ⓘ
precededBy Courland Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Governorate of Livonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognitionTreaty Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedBy Soviet Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate 1918-11-18 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latvian Jews → historicalPeriod → Republic of Latvia (1918–1940) ⓘ
History of Latvia → includesEvent → Republic of Latvia (1918–1940) ⓘ
this entity surface form: authoritarian regime of Kārlis Ulmanis