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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1936, April 11 | |
| Ulmanis succeeded Kviesis as president. | 1 |
| 1939, May | |
| Latvia, directly exposed to the German advance to the east, became an object of great concern to Russia. In the negotiations for an Anglo-Russian pact, the Moscow government insisted on a guaranty of the independence of all the Baltic states, but the Latvian government, ever suspicious of the Soviets, accepted the German offer of a mutual nonaggression pact (June 7) (See Aug. 23). | 2 |
| 1940, June 15 | |
| In response to an ultimatum, Red Army troops occupied Latvia. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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