the people's assembly of latvia declared latvia a socialist soviet republic on july 21.
the people's assembly of latvia declared latvia a socialist soviet republic on july 21.
when did the people's assembly of latvia declared latvia a socialist soviet republic?
july 21
seven months later, the soviet foreign minister vyacheslav molotov accused the baltic states of conspiracy against the soviet union. on june 16, 1940, threatening an invasion, soviet union issued an ultimatum demanding that the government be replaced and that an unlimited number of soviet troops be admitted. knowing that the red army had entered lithuania a day before, that its troops were massed along the eastern border and mindful of the soviet military bases in western latvia, the government acceded to the demands, and soviet troops occupied the country on june 17. staged elections were held july 14–15, 1940, and the results were announced in moscow 12 hours before the polls closed; soviet documents show the election results were forged. the newly elected "people's assembly" declared latvia a socialist soviet republic and applied for admission into the soviet union on july 21. latvia was incorporated into the soviet union on august 5, 1940. latvian diplomatic service continued to function in exile while the republic was under the soviet control.
history of latvia
bullet::::- soviet republic of tavrida (1917–1918)









































bullet::::- donetsk-krivoy rog soviet republic (1917–1918)









































bullet::::- ukrainian people's republic of soviets (1917–1918)









































bullet::::- crimean socialist soviet republic (1919)









































bullet::::- galician soviet socialist republic (1920)









































bullet::::- ukrainian soviet socialist republic (1919–1941)









































bullet::::- in belarus









































bullet::::- socialist soviet republic of byelorussia (1919)









































bullet::::- lithuanian–belorussian soviet socialist republic (1919)









































bullet::::- byelorussian soviet socialist republic (1920–1941)









































bullet::::- in central europe









































bullet::::- slovak soviet republic (1919)









































bullet::::- hungarian soviet republic (1919)









































bullet::::- in lithuania









































bullet::::- lithuanian soviet socialist republic (1918–19) (1918–1919)









































bullet::::- lithuanian–belorussian soviet socialist republic (1919)









































bullet::::- in latvia









































bullet::::- executive committee of latvia (1917)
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