The Russian Theatre in Riga was founded on 2 October 1883.  >>

The Moscow Suburb (in German Moskauer Vorstadt , in Russian – Moskovsky forshtadt) is the oldest suburb of Riga. It’s fate is closely related to the history of the Russian minority in Riga. At present this district is also populated mainly by Russians and preserves a considerable number of memorials to Russian antiquity.  >>

Over and above his success in teaching practice, Johann Christoph Brotze had two interests he took seriously. One was the history of Riga, Livonia, Courland, Estland and the Polish Inflanty (Latgalia). In order to interpret historical evidence he attempted to collate a broad range of historical facts, of particular interest to him were the details of economic development, the administrative structures and the personalities of political figures. Brotze, being a Czech by birth, felt more at liberty to interpret and appraise these historical events. >>

Loborzh, the bower of writers and artists. >>

At the beginning of the 20th Century Riga finally obtained the appearance of a European industrial city.  >>

After the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia many Russian artists found refuge in Latvia, including the famous Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky and Sergey Vinogradov. I >>

In the period between the two world wars the Russian minority press took up a distinct position in the market for newspapers and magazines in Latvia, where at the time three intersecting information spaces had developed – the Latvian, Russian and the German.  >>

Annual ‘Days of Russian Culture’ – a tradition of the Russian minority in Latvia. >>

In the conditions of an independent Latvia in the period between the two world wars Riga became one of the cultural centres for Russians living abroad.  >>

The Young Spectator’s Theatre of Riga established in 1940. >>