The University of Latvia has been  founded in 1919 on the basis of Riga Polytechnical institute existing since 1862. >>

Teachers and students of the Russian University Courses. In the first row, fourth from the left is Professor Konstantin Arabazhin. >>

At the very beginning of the history of independent Latvia in 1919 the University of Latvia (UL) was set up on the basis of the former Polytechnic of Riga and has become the main centre for scientific and pedagogical specialists, amongst whom a relatively small but important group of Russian academic intelligentsia can be noted. >>

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The Baltic International Academy (until 2007 the Baltic Russian Institute) functions in these building. The building of the Baltic International Academy is located on 1/24 Valeria Seile Street (untill 2024 –Lomonosov Street). >>

The Department of Russian Philology of the University of Latvia founded in 1940. >>

The Institute of Transport and Communications, created on the basis of the previously existing Riga Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers, has been operating in this building (Valeria Seile Street 1) since 1999. >>