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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_RigaHistory of Riga - Wikipedia

    After more than 700 years of German, Swedish and Russian rule, Latvia, with Riga as its capital city, declared its independence on 18 November 1918. During the Latvian War of Independence , the city was contested by the Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic established by the Red Army , Freikorps battalions composed of Baltic Germans and ...

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  3. www.onlatvia.com › history-of-riga-206History of Riga - On Latvia

    When a belated industrial era reached Russia, Riga became one of the Russian Empire’s largest industrial cities. Massive new districts of large buildings sprung up nearly overnight, hundreds of now-famous 5-6 floors art nouveau edifices were constructed filled with rental apartments.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › RigaRiga - Wikipedia

    During the Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658), Riga withstood a siege by Russian forces. Riga remained one of the largest cities under the Swedish crown until 1710, [46] a period during which the city retained a great deal of autonomous self-government.

  5. www.britannica.com › place › RigaRiga | History, Population, Map, & Facts | Britannica

    Jul 20, 1998 · On the eve of World War I, Riga was the Russian Empire’s third largest city, with a population of 517,000. From 1915 to 1917, however, one of the war’s front lines lay along the Daugava, resulting in heavy damage on both shores; hundreds of thousands were relocated into Russia, and 400 factories were evacuated with all their machinery ...

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  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_LatviaHistory of Latvia - Wikipedia

    Russian empire now possessed all the territories inhabited by Latvians. In 1812 Napoleon's troops invaded Russia and the Prussian units under the leadership of the field marshal Yorck occupied Courland and approached Riga and the Battle of Mesoten was fought.

  7. www.onlatvia.com › russian-conquest-of-latvia-1700Russian conquest of Latvia (1700-1860) | On Latvia

    Having defeated Sweden in the long Great Northern War (1700-1721), Russians captured Vidzeme with its all-important Riga city. By 1700, a rapidly modernizing Russia sought to become the prime Eastern European great power, and Latvia was to become its window into the Baltic Sea and oceans beyond.

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  9. www.newworldencyclopedia.org › entry › RigaRiga, Latvia - New World Encyclopedia

    Riga was annexed by Russia and became an industrialized port city of the Russian empire, where it remained until World War I. By 1900, Riga was the third largest city in Russia after Moscow and Saint Petersburg in terms of numbers of industrial workers.

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