The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia 1940-1991
The Museum was established in Riga in 1993 by the Occupation Museum Assocation to: -
•Provide information about Latvia and its people under two occupying totalitarian regimes, Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia, from 1940 to 1991.
•Remind the world of the wrongdoings committed by foreign powers against the state and the people of Latvia;
•Remember those who perished, who suffered, and who fled the terror of the occupying regimes.
The Museum's goal is to portray life of Latvia and Latvians during the three occupation periods. The items in the exhibition tell about Latvia during the more than fifty year long subjugation: about power politics, about Soviet and Nazi terror, about the destruction of Latvia's economy, about Soviet and Nazi totalitarian ideologies, about the opposition to the regimes, and finally, about how the Latvian nation regained its freedom in 1991.
The first section of the exhibit documents the events that led to Latvia's occupation: the Soviet and Nazi pact, finalized on 23 August 1939 by Molotov and Ribbentrop, which divided East Europe into Soviet and Nazi spheres of influence.
The exhibition continues as visitors follow the events of the first Soviet occupation (1940-1941), followed by the Nazi occupation period (1941-1944/45), and finally, the second Soviet occupation (1944/45-1991). The exhibit includes documentations of the peoplesstruggle to renew their independence in the late 1980s and the reclaiming of sovereignty in 1991.
Also in the exhibition is a tribute to the Latvians who lived outside of Latvia during the occupation (during World War II approximately 200 000 Latvians fled West to escape the renewed terror of the Soviet regime, of which approximately 120 000 remained abroad), their cultural life and their contribution to the struggle for a renewed independent Latvia.
The Museum's goal is to portray life during the three occupation periods suffered by Latvia and Latvians. The items of the exhibition tell about Latvia during the fifty plus year-long subjugation: about power politics, about Soviet and Nazi terror, about the destruction of Latvia's economy, about Soviet and Nazi totalitarian ideologies, about the opposition to the regimes, and finally how Latvians regained their freedom in 1991.
Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum Part II
Come and join ''TheCelotajs'' take a journey back through early time by strolling through the Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum Part II.
Ethnographic Open-Air Museum was founded in 1924. The project envisaged to transport homesteads and social buildings characteristic of Kurzeme, Zemgale, Vidzeme and Latgale to the museum and re-erect them there. In 1928 the first building - a threshing-barn of the 18th century - was set up on old sand hills covered by a pine forest at Lake Jugla. In 1932 the museum was opened to the public and 5 houses from Vidzeme and 1 house from Latgale served as the first exhibits. Already in 1939 all the regions were represented by 40 objects.
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01. St. Peter's Church
A Lutheran church dedicated to Saint Peter. A parish church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia. The history of the church can be divided into three distinct periods: two associated with Gothic and Romanesque building styles, the third with the early Baroque period.
02. Freedom Monument
A memorial honouring soldiers killed during the Latvian War of Independence (1918–1920). Considered an important symbol of the freedom, independence, and sovereignty of Latvia. UUnveiled in 1935, the 42-metre high monument of granite, travertine, and copper. Serves as the focal point of public gatherings and official ceremonies in Riga.
03. Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum
An open-air museum, situated in a forest park area beside a lake just outside the capital, with farmers village houses, moved from different districts of the country. Established in 1924, inspired by open-air museums in Scandinavia. The plan was to establish a farm from the four regions, Courland, Zemgale, Vidzeme and Latgale, supplied by buildings representing different crafts.
04. Vērmanes Garden
The oldest public garden in the city of Riga. Comprises an area of approximately 5 hectares. A granite obelisk was erected 1829 in the park as a posthumous memorial to Anna Wöhrmann. The memorial was dismantled prior to World War II and recreated 2000.
05. Nativity Cathedral
The largest Orthodox cathedral in the Baltic provinces built with the blessing of the Russian Tsar Alexander II. Built to a design by Nikolai Chagin in a Neo-Byzantine style between 1876 and 1883, during the period when the country was part of the Russian Empire. In the early 1960s, Soviet authorities closed down the cathedral and converted its building into a planetarium.
06. Riga Motor Museum
The biggest antique vehicle museum in the Baltic countries. Was founded in 1989. Since 1992 it is a state museum. One of the most significant exhibits in the museum is the 1938 Auto Union racing car Type D, which was saved from cutting into scrap by Viktors Kulbergs, president of Antique Automobile Club of Latvia.
07. Riga Zoo
A city-owned zoo. Located in Mežaparks, on the western bank of Ķīšezers lake. Riga Zoo houses around 4000 animals of nearly 500 species and is visited by 250-300,000 visitors annually. Has an area of 135 hectares (330 acres).
08. Riga Aviation Museum
An aviation museum in Riga. Located in the grounds of Riga International Airport and is regularly open for public viewing. Was established in 1956 by Victor Talpa, who worked for the Latvian Civil Aviation Administration, but it was privatised in 1997.
09. Museum of the Occupation of Latvia
An historic educational institution. Was established in 1993 to exhibit artifacts, archive documents, and educate the public about the 51-year period in the 20th century when Latvia was successively occupied by the USSR in 1940, then by Nazi Germany in 1941, and then again by the USSR in 1944.
10. Latvian Railway History Museum
A railway museum in Riga. Was established on August 30, 1994 and contains more than a thousand items, documents and photographs related to railway communications and signalling equipment, tools and instruments, uniforms and badges.
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Martina Lutheran Church and Martina kapsēta Cemetery.wmv
May 13, 2010
Riga, Latvia
Come join TheCeļotājs journey to the Agenskalna Priedes District which is located in the northwest area of the City of Riga Latvia and to the Martina luterāņu baznīca Martina Lutheran Church and Martina kapsēta Cemetery.
The Martina luterāņu baznīca Martina Lutheran Church ANNO 1852
Martina kapsēta Cemetery dates back to the early 1800. It is also the location of Emīls Dārziņš monument 1875 to 1910. Emīls Dārziņš November 3, 1875 -- August 31, 1910 was a Latvian composer, conductor and music critic. Dārziņš' work bears a distinct romantic character, with a strong trend towards national themes. His main musical authorities and influences were Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Jean Sibelius. Dārziņš musical contribution is mainly to vocal music choral and art songs, but he also composed orchestral music, though only one piece, Melanholiskais valsis Melancholic waltz has survived. His only opera, Rožainās dienas Rose days remained unfinished after his early death at the age of 34.
7.07.2015 - Bauskas pils - Bauska Castle - Бауский замок, Latvija – Latvia - Латвия
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Pils atrodas Bauskas pilsētas teritorijā, gleznainā vietā uz zemes strēles, kur saplūst Mūsas un Mēmeles upe un veidojas Lielupe. Bauskas pils ansamblis sastāv no divām daļām. Vecākā daļa ir Livonijas ordeņa pils, kas celta 15. gadsimta vidū, taču no tās līdz mūsdienām saglabājušās tikai drupas. Jaunākā pils ansambļa daļa ir Kurzemes hercogu rezidence, un tā uzbūvēta 16. gadsimta beigās.
Bauskas pils spilgti raksturo 15.–17. gadsimta militāro būvju arhitektūru Latvijā. Tās vecākā daļa ir vienīgais speciāli uguns šaujamo ieroču lietošanai celtais Livonijas ordeņa cietoksnis, bet jaunākā daļa – ar bastioniem, aizsardzības sienām un zemes vaļņiem nocietināta rezidences tipa pils. Celtne ir vienīgā daļēji saglabājusies Kurzemes un Zemgales hercogu Ketleru rezidence, kā arī vienīgais arhitektūras piemineklis Latvijā, kas ilustrē manierisma laika piļu arhitektūras un lietišķi dekoratīvās mākslas izpausmes Kurzemes hercogistē.
20. gadsimta 70. gados sākās pils jaunākās daļas atjaunošana ar mērķi iekļaut kultūras tūrisma apritē valsts nozīmes vēstures, arheoloģijas un arhitektūras pieminekli un izveidot tematiskas ekspozīcijas par Bauskas pili Livonijas valsts un Kurzemes hercogistes vēstures kontekstā.
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Bauska Castle is a typical example of the 15th-17th century military architecture in Latvia. The castle is located in the Town of Bauska, amidst picturesque scenery on a strip of land between the Rivers Mūsa and Mēmele.
Bauska Castle is a typical example of the 15th-17th century military architecture in Latvia. Its oldest part is the only stronghold the Livonian Order ever built specifically to resist firearms, but the more recent part is a residential castle fortified with bastions, defence walls and ramparts. The structure is the only partially preserved residence of the Kettlers, Dukes of Courland and Semigallia, as well as the only architectural monument in Latvia which illustrates the Mannerism style in the architecture of castles and applied and decorative art of the Duchy of Courland.
In 1970s the renovation of the newest part of the castle was started, to enable this national scale monument of history, archaeology and architecture to be promoted as a site of cultural tourism, to set up themed expositions about Bauska Castle at the crossroads of the history of the Livonian State and the Duchy of Courland.
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Бауский замок представляет архитектуру военных строений 15-17 веков в Латвии. Замок находится на территории города Бауска, в живописной местности, на косе между реками Муса и Мемеле.
Бауский замок представляет архитектуру военных строений 15-17 веков в Латвии. Более старая его часть являлась единственной крепостью Ливонского Ордена, приспособленной для использования огнестрельного оружия, а более новая, укрепленная бастионами, охранными стенами и земляными валами, была замком-резиденцией. Строение является единственной частично сохранившейся резиденцией Курляндских и Земгальских герцогов Кетлеров, а также единственным в Латвии архитектурным памятником, иллюстрирующим архитектурный стиль замков времен маньеризма, и проявления прикладного и декоративного искусства той эпохи в Курляндском герцогстве.
В 70-хгодах 20-говека была начата реставрация более новой части замка, с целью включить его в культурно-туристические маршруты, как исторический, археологический и архитектурный памятник страны, создать в нем тематические экспозиции о Бауском замке в историческом контексте Ливонии и Курляндского герцогства.
Rīgas geto Aleksandras Beļcovas skicēs
Pirms 76 gadiem šajā dienā, 1941. gada 25. oktobrī, tika slēgti Rīgas geto vārti, izolējot no ārpasaules tūkstošiem ebreju. Viņu vidū arī gleznotājas Aleksandras Beļcovas paziņas. Apzinot mākslinieces atstāto radošo mantojumu, muzeja darbinieki tikai nesen atklāja zīmējumus, kuros Aleksandra Beļcova fiksējusi redzēto Rīgas geto un kuri tagad vienkopus apskatāmi Žaņa Lipkes memoriālā Ķīpsalā. Turpina Līga Gaigala.
„Baltā nakts 2016 Latvijas Okupācijas muzejā
11 gadus vecā Benita Plezere tika deportēta uz Sibīriju 1949.gada 25.martā kopā ar savu ģimeni. Dzīvojot Sibīrijā, viņa dokumentēja savu dzīvi zīmējumos, kurus sūtīja krustmātei uz Latviju. Šajā video viņas stāsts izpausts smilšu kino.
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Benita Plezere, aged 11, was deported with her family, on the 25th March 1949, to Siberia. Whilst in Siberia she would record her life there through drawings that she would post to her godmother, back home, in Latvia. Here her story has been transformed into a sand cinema performance.
Late Iron Age Day at ancient Ķodera settlement 2014 - Ancient Amulets Making show
This event - Late Iron Age reconstruction festival took place in the ancient Ķodera settlement, Ropažu area, near Ogres area, Latvia in 2014 May 3th. In this video reconstructors show how to craft ancient guardian amulets of Late Iron Age. For more information about the event (in latvian language):
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Russian Fairy Tale – The Turnip. Latvia. Riga. 2017
Russian Fairy Tale – The Turnip.
Academical support for immigrants in Greek and Math, lessons aiming to develop students’ motivation, intercultural skills and prevent their early school leaving. Multiculturalal activities: history and culture of participating immigrant students through dances, music and food and language awareness of the spoken languages through quizzes and role plays.
Nora Ikstena & Margita Gailitis: 2016 National Book Festival
Nora Ikstena discusses Life Stories with the translator of her work, Margita Gailitis, and John Van Oudenaren at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Speaker Biography: Nora Ikstena is one of the foremost Latvian literary figures. She stepped on the literary stage in 1993 with her biography of Anna Rūmane Ķeniņa, a writer who was one of the first to introduce feminism ideology in Latvia. In 1998, Ikstena's novel Dzīves svinēšana, or Celebration of Life, became a Latvian best-seller and was translated into several languages. Since then, Ikstena has written a book almost every year, ranging from short stories and fairy tales to novels and biographies. She has also collected the works of her mentor and teacher, Dzintars Sodums, a Latvian-American poet, writer and translator, who Ikstena and her family cared for until his death. Ikstena has recieved the prestigious Baltic Assembly Award and the Three Star Order of Latvia. Additionally, she has been a member and chair of the National Culture Council and her initiative created the Latvian Literature Center, the International Writers and Translators House in Ventspils and the annual festival Prose Readings. A noteworthy personality in the cultural life of Latvia, Ikstena is also a concept author for films, music projects and large scale events as well as a travel columnist for the largest Latvian daily newspaper, Diena. One of her most recent and significant books, available in an English edition translated by Margita Gailitis, is the short story collection Life Stories , in which Ikstena presents eight strikingly different individuals life stories.
Speaker Biography: Poet and translator Margita Gailitis was born in Latvia and immigrated to Canada as a child. In 1998, she returned to Riga, Latvia, and worked at the Translation and Terminology Center as part of a Canadian International Development Agency initiative. Since then, Gailitis has focused her energy on literary translation and poetry, and has translated some of Latvia's finest poetry, prose and dramaturgy. She has published her own poetry and it has received awards from both the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. Her latest work is the English translation of Nora Ikstena's Life Stories.
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Apartment in Riga City Center is a self-catering accommodation located in central, Art Noveau district of Rīga. Free Wi-Fi access is available in this spacious, modern apartment. The property is 0.9 miles from Arena Riga and 1,000 feet to National Museum of Decorative Arts & Design.
The apartment will provide you with a terrace. The living room has a TV, a seating area and a fully equipped kitchenette with a microwave and a dishwasher. The bathroom comes with a shower. There is underfloor heating. The property offers free parking.
It is 0.9 miles to Riga Train Station and 0.8 miles to Riga Castle. The Riga Airport is 6.2 miles from Apartment in Riga City Center.
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