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The building of the Academy of Sciences

The building of the Academy of Sciences

1 Akademijas Square, formerly 19 Turgenev St. The building of the Academy of Sciences.

Built partly on the site of the former Gostinny Dvor. Originally in a building designed in the ‘Stalin Heights’ style, it was supposed to accommodate the House of Collective Farmers. On completion of its construction (1958), the building was given over to the Latvian Academy of Sciences.

See: Прибалтийские русские: история в памятниках культуры (1710 -2010). - Рига, 2010.