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Instaurarea comunismului în teritoriile ocupate de Uniunea Sovietică în 1940 - Cazul Letoniei
The Establishment of Communism in the Territories Occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940. The Case of Latvia

Author(s): Florin Anghel
Subject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of Communism, Source Material
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Soviet Union; Latvia; communism; occupied territories; 1940;

Summary/Abstract: In many European countries, Latvia included, 1940 was a tragic year. Latvia’s Parliament consecrated on July 21 the “union” with the USSR, according to the already famous Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact. This group of documents includes texts of the talks between the representatives of Latvia and Romania from June 21 through July 23, 1940 in connection with the intentions of Germany and the Soviet Union regarding the two nations.

  • Issue Year: V/1997
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 80-87
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian