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| Riga, Latvia's Old City |
On this day in 1918--Latvia declared its independence from Russia. Nationhood was secured--until the Soviet takeover in 1940--in 1920 after a bizarre three-way war between Latvians, Bolsheviks, and remnants of the German Imperial Army. The Estonian army was allied the Latvians.
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