The Riga Electro-machinery Construction Works started functioning in 1946 >>

Viktor Buzayev (1926–1994) – from 1970 to 1980 director of the Riga Carriage Works. >>

Riga Carriage-building Works. >>

The Latvian Department of civil aviation was considered to be one of the best in the USSR. >>

In 1986 ships of Soviet Latvia sailed to 169 ports in 47 countries around the world. >>

The construction of the Television tower in Riga was completed in 1986. >>

The Railway Bridge was destroyed during the Second World War. It had been completely rebuilt by 1951. >>

The embankment of the Daugava river in Riga at the beginning of the 1950’s. >>

The embankment of the Daugava river in Riga in 1944 >>

A new Russian student corporation Fraternitas Arctic was fouded in 1880 and was active until it was closed by the Soviet authorities in 1940. In 1990, the corporation was restored. (Read the article). >>