Latvian National Theatre
After the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940, the theater was renamed the LPSR State Drama Theater.  The German occupiers renamed it "Rīgas Dramatic Theatre".  In 1946, the coat of arms of the city of Riga was removed from the facade and the coat of arms of the LPSR put up instead.  In 1988, 3 years before Latvia regained its independence the government agreed to change its name back to Latvian National Theatre.