Photograph of members of the Third Riga Society of Mutual Credit, presumably from the 1890’s >>

The growth of the population of towns was as much a result of the landless peasants’ migration as of the influx of the labour force from other regions of Russia. Latvian towns became more multi-ethnic.  >>

The railway network linked Riga, Liepāja and Ventspils with the major industrial centres of Russia.

St Petersburg – Warsaw 1860; Riga – Dinaburg/Daugavpils 1861; Riga – Mittau/Jelgava 1868;

Riga – Dinaburg/Daugavpils – Oryol 1868; Liepāja – Romny 1871; Ventspils– Rybinsk 1901 – 1904. >>

The official opening of the association took place on the 14th July 1863. Its program included Russian folk music, Russian and European opera music. The group functioned until 1940 >>

Metallurgical plant «Becker and Co» in Liepāja was founded in1882.
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Sea Port of Liepaja. Modern view. >>

Ventspils Trading Port. >>

In 1895 the owner of the largest carriage building works in Russia, Oscar Freivit, set up the AO Phoenix. >>

In 1888 the factory of the Russo-French Joint-stock company Provodnik was founded in Riga. >>

Merchant Bobrov family.  >>