The site «Russians of Latvia» is dedicated to the history, culture and actual situation of the Russian national minority of Latvia. The site is a popular, encyclopaedic, constantly renewing network directory initially based on materials of the exhibition «Russian national minority of Latvia». Our on-line reference book will be useful to trainee, students, researchers, as well as to general public reading in Russian, Latvian or English languages. The directory has multi-level construction which allows to select materials starting with the historical topic or category.More
News in the category of "Persons" |
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John (Jānis) Pommer (1876 – 1934) – archbishop, head of Latvian Orthodox Church from 1921 to 1934. In 2001 was attributed to the holy priests-martyrs status. |
News in the category of "Publicism" |
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The
biographic sketch devoted to the germanist and supervisor Kseniya Karpova
(1915-1998), written by Ariya Karpova |
«Ruthenia» in Riga and Abroad» |
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The book about Russian Student Corp «Ruthenia» in Riga and Abroad» is available on our Web-site |
Alexander Mitrofanov
Alexander Mitrofanov. Merchant of the 1st Guild in Daugavpils.
The Mitrofanovs’ Company was founded in Dinaburg (now Daugavpils) in 1882. The Mitrofanovs owned bakeries making bread, cakes and other products, and a grocery store. The Mitrofanovs’ products were widely known outside Daugavpils. The high quality of the products was valued at international exhibitions, where the bakery gained 11 medals.
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