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Name: latvia

Type: Cluster

Start: 1918 AD

End: 2022 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Republic of Latvia
  • Latvia (Germany)
  • Latvia (USSR Protectorate)
  • Establishment


  • November 1918: The Republic of Latvia was established on 18 November 1918 when it broke away from the Russian Empire and declared independence in the aftermath of World War I.
  • December 1918: The town of Alūksne was captured by the Red Army on 7 December.
  • December 1918: The German Military handed over authority to the Latvian national government headed by Kārlis Ulmanis.
  • December 1918: In the south Daugavpils was taken by the Bolsheviks on 9 December.
  • December 1918: Pļaviņas conquered by RSFSR.
  • December 1918: Valka conquered by RSFSR.
  • December 1918: Cēsis conquered by RSFSR.
  • Chronology


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    1. World War I


    Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.

    1.1.World War I eastern Front

    Was the theatre of war in eastern Europe during World War I.

    1.1.1.Consequences of Brest-Litovsk Treaty in Latvia

    Was the reorganization of Latvia after the Brest-Litovsk Treaty.

    1.2.Aftermath of World War I

    Were a series of treaties and military events that can be considered a direct consequence of World War I.


    1.2.1.Estonian War of Independence

    Was the Estonian War of independence from Bolshevik Russia and German troops.

    1.2.1.1.Liberation of Estonian territories (Estonian War of Independence)

    Estonian counteroffensive against the Bolshevik invasion.

  • April 1919: The Latvian Riflemen captured Rūjiena.
  • April 1919: The Bolshevisk were pushed back by the Latvian 3rd Division to Salacgrīva-Seda-Gauja line.

  • 1.2.1.2.Estonian offensives into Russia and Latvia

    Offensive of the Estonian army in Russian and Latvian territories.

  • May 1919: An offensive destroyed the Estonian Red Army, captured Pskov on 25 May and cleared the territory between Estonia and the Velikaya River of Soviet forces.

  • 1.2.1.3.Battles between Estonia and Latvia

    Were battles between Latvia and Estonia during the Independence wars of these two countries.

    1.2.1.3.1.Battle of Cēsis

    The Battle of Cēsis (alos Battle of Wenden) was a decisive battle in the Estonian War of Independence and the Latvian War of Independence were the Estonian and Latvian forces defeated the Baltic German forces.

  • June 1919: The Landeswehr captured Cēsis.
  • June 1919: Fighting between Latvia and Estonia resumed with an Estonian Iron Division attack on the Estonian positions near Limbaži.
  • June 1919: The Estonian forces started a full counter-attack on 23 June resulting in the recapture of Cēsis.

  • 1.2.1.3.2.Return of latvian government

    Withdraw of remaining German troops from Latvia.

  • July 1919: The Allies again insisted that the Germans withdraw their remaining troops from Latvia, and on July 3 intervened to impose an armistice between Estonia, Latvia, and the Landeswehr and Freikorps when the Latvians were about to march into Riga.
  • July 1919: The government of Ulmanis returned to Riga on 8 July 1919 and the Landeswehr became a component of the Latvian National Army.

  • 1.2.2.Latvian War of Independence

    Was a series of military conflicts in Latvia between 5 December 1918, after the newly proclaimed Republic of Latvia was invaded by Soviet Russia.

    1.2.2.1.Soviet offensive (Latvian War of Independence)

    Soviet offensive in Latvia, a territory of the Russian Empire that had been occupied by Germany and had then declared independency.

  • January 1919: Riga was captured by the Red Army.
  • January 1919: By the end of January the Latvian Provisional Government and remaining German units had retreated all the way to Liepāja, but then the Red offensive stalled along the Venta river.

  • 1.2.2.2.Latvian and German counteroffensive

    German and Latvian counterattack against Bolshevik forces during the Latvian War of Independence.

  • March 1919: On 3 March, the German and Latvian forces commenced a counterattack against the Red Latvian Riflemen. Tukums was recaptured from the Bolsheviks on 15 March.
  • March 1919: Jelgava conquered by Republic of Latvia.
  • May 1919: Riga was recaptured by the German-Latvian Freikorps and an organised persecution of suspected Bolshevik supporters began.

  • 1.2.2.3.German Coup

    On 16 April, the Baltic nobility organised a coup d'etat in Liepāja and a puppet government headed by Andrievs Niedra was established in Latvia.

  • April 1919: The Baltic nobility organised a coup d'etat in Liepāja, Latvia, and a puppet government headed by Andrievs Niedra was established.

  • 1.2.2.4.Bermontian attack

    An offensive by the Bermontians, a pro-German military formation in Latvia and Lithuania.

  • October 1919: The German mission secretly leaves Riga for Jelgava, where an attack is prepared by the German-established West Russian Volunteer Army on Riga. The West Russian Volunteer Army attacks Riga, taking the Pārdaugava district.
  • November 1919: The Latvian Army, supported by Estonian armored trains, the Royal Navy and the French Navy, defeated the West Russian Volunteer Army in Riga.
  • November 1919: The Latvian Army liberates Jelgava from the West Russian Volunteer Army.

  • 1.2.2.5.Latvian-Soviet Peace Treaty

    The Latvian-Soviet Peace Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Riga, was signed on 11 August 1920 by representatives of the Republic of Latvia and Soviet Russia. It officially ended the Latvian War of Independence. In Article II of the treaty, Soviet Russia recognised the independence of Latvia as inviolable "for all future time".

  • August 1920: The Latvian-Soviet Peace Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Riga, was signed on 11 August 1920 by representatives of the Republic of Latvia and Soviet Russia. It officially ended the Latvian War of Independence. In Article II of the treaty, Soviet Russia recognised the independence of Latvia as inviolable "for all future time".

  • 1.2.3.Lithuanian War of Independence

    Events that happened shortly after the end of World War I in Lithuania leading to the independence of the country.

    1.2.3.1.Lithuanian-Soviet War

    Was a war between Lithuania and the Russian SFSR. Russia considerd Lithuania, that had recently declared independence, a secessionist state. At the end of the war Russia recognized the independency of Lithuania.

  • January 1921: The Lithuanians claimed the southern shore of Daugava, including Grīva and Daugavpils, despite Latvian protests.

  • 2. Stabilization of the Latvia-Lithuania border after World War I


    Refers to several different events that led to the stabilization of the border between Latvia and Lithuania after World War I.

  • October 1919: In September 1919, during attack against the Soviets, Lithuanian army occupied much of Ilūkste Municipality.
  • April 1921: On March 1921, Lithuania was given the port town Palanga, the village of Šventoji, parts of Rucava Municipality and the railroad junction of Mažeikiai on Rīga - Jelgava- Liepāja railroad line, which meant that Latvia had to build a new railway line. Latvia received the town of Aknīste and some smaller territories in Aknīste Municipality, Ukri parish and Bauska Municipality. Latvia gave up 283,3 square km, while receiving 290 km2.

  • 3. Russian Civil War


    Was a Civil War in Russia that involved varios factions but mainly the Bolsheviks and the conservative White Army in the core Russian territories, as well as a multitude of local secessionist states. At the end of war the Bolsheviks were victorious and established the Soviet Union.

    3.1.Polish-Soviet War

    Was a war between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in the aftermath of World War I and during the Russian Civil War.

  • January 1920: The new Latvian government requested Polish help in capturing Dyneburg, and it was, after heavy fighting by the Polish 1st and 3rd Legion Divisions under Rydz-Śmigły. The city was then handed to the Latvians.

  • 4. World War II


    Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.

    4.1.World War II (Eastern Theatre)

    Was the Eastern European theatre of World War II.

    4.1.1.Soviet occupation of the Baltic states

    Was the Soviet invasion of the Baltic states in the early phase of World War II as agreed by Germany and the USSR in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

  • June 1939: The USSR invaded Estonia and Latvia.
  • June 1939: On June 19, Stalin's representative for the Anschluss, Andrei Janyanevich Vyshinsky, appeared in Riga. Although Latvia was still an independent state, members of the leading social classes were arrested en masse by Soviet Chekists, deported to Russia or even shot.
  • August 1940: Latvia conquered by USSR.

  • 5. Dissolution of the Soviet Union


    Was the process of internal disintegration within the Soviet Union (USSR) which resulted in the end of the country as a sovereign state, thereby resulting in its constituent republics gaining full independence.

  • August 1991: The peaceful Singing Revolution, starting in 1987, called for Baltic emancipation from Soviet rule and condemning the Communist regime's illegal takeover. It ended with the Declaration on the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia on 4 May 1990 and restoring de facto independence on 21 August 1991.

  • 6. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • October 1919: In September 1919, joint Polish and Latvian forces took the southern shore of Daugava, including Grīva.

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