After the Second World War under Soviet rule the cultural life of Latvian Russians underwent substantial changes.  >>

Russian press of Latvia today is represented by 4 daily national newspapers, 11 weeklies, a dozen regional papers and over 30 magazines on the most diverse topics. There are women’s and men’s magazines, society columns’ fans, anglers, motoring fans, economists and accountants. >>

Russian cultural figures in Latvia have always had to work in difficult conditions, overcoming natural and artificial restrictions. But by their work and talent have succeeded not only in becoming part of the country’s cultural elite, but also in promoting Latvia abroad. >>

The first historical studies relating to the Russian population of Latvia began in Tsarist Russia. This work continued during the first period of Latvian independence (1918 – 1940). During the Soviet era in Latvia the problems of history were analysed from the point of view of supranational class struggle theory. >>

The restoring of independence to Latvia gave a fresh impulse to the preservation and development of Russian traditional culture in this country.  >>

From 5 June to 10 September 2014 in Moscow at the Solzhenitsyn House of the Russian Foreign Diaspora was hela an exhibition «Legal expert Pyotr Jacobi and his family». P.Jacobi lived and frutfully worked in Riga for the last 20 years of his life. The exhibition was attached to the addition of P.Jacobi granddaughter`s  Ludmila Obolenskaya-Flam book «Legal expert Pyotr Jacobi and his family. memories» (Moscow, Russkiy put, 2014). L.Obolenskaya-Flam (USA) - chairperson of the Committee «Books for Russia», journalist, writer and public figure.

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In 2011 (after a break in 71 year) the tradition of the organization of Days of Russian culture  has revived. >>

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In the summer of 2006 the rooms of the University of Latvia Academic Library  held a successful exhibition dedicated to the Pokrov cemetery which is an ancient orthodox cemetery of Riga. >>