In 1880 a new corporation appeared. It was the ‘Fraternitas Arctica’ which is still functioning today and unites Russian minority students  >>

The first Russian student corporation ‘Borystenia’  was founded in 1876. >>

Sororitas Tatiana – Russian Student Corp for Women was founded on January 17th 1932. >>

 During the first years of Latvian independence in the 1920’s the Russian minority of Latvia (one tenth part of the country’s population) had to put considerable strength into restoring the non-governmental organisations that had existed earlier and creating new ones.  >>

The Russian male students’ corporation Ruthenia appeared in 1929 as a result of the split in the Fraternitas Arctica.  >>

The end of the 1980’s is known as a period of rapid democratic reform in the USSR (Perestroika). This period was marked by a rise in civic engagement. After many years people were able to organise NGOs freely.  >>