Latvia

has seen the origins of the Turkish Empire, the Russian royalty of the Dark Ages, the Byzantine Empire, the United Socialist States of Russia. Its current nation-states include: Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Croatia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Belarus, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia. The similarities in these countries are seen most clearly in their language, religion and cuisine. Russian is the most…

It’s important that different countries approach the rapidly changing world with confidence, however, I don’t see my country, Latvia, doing that any time soon, because most of the teachers are elderly, are not trained to use the new technology school equipment, and it scares the teachers to use them in front of the classroom, which forbids them of using any new 21st century…

the far northwest, eminently Iceland and Jan Mayen, the hilly western seaboard, reaching out from the bumpy segments of Great Britain. With the focal north mountains and slopes of Sweden and the substantial eastern plain, which contains, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland. The average forecast of Northern Europe can be described as long winters and short cool summers. It is not shielded by mountains from brutal winds, Europe's climate is affected by the current of winds. Despite the fact…

Peaceful resistance, which is a way in an attempt to accomplish goals such as social change, through nonviolent protest. I personally believe that nonviolent resistance impacts our free society, in a positive way. I see it this way because in short, simple words, it is least likely to get someone killed and set a good example for the future generations. This sets a good example because it shows that problems can be solved without blood shed, but instead with words and actions. In the article…

Isaiah Berlin was a Russo-British Jewish social and political theorist and a historian of ideas. He was born June 6, 1909 in Riga, Latvia. He was the son of a successful timber merchant and land owner. His family moved to St. Petersburg where he was an eyewitness to the Russian Revolution. His family then emigrated in 1921 to London where the family had business interests. As a young boy, Isaiah was known as Shaya and had his bar mitzah. In his high school years he attended St. Paul’s in London…

throughout holes is about who has the most power, wealth and wisdom. Power represents the Warden towering over all others viewing them all as the same, wealth for those of the town Green Lake and their racial systems and wisdom for Madame Zeroni in Latvia, without her non-direct authority over Elya Yelnats the themes would have different time periods to…

Linguistic Evidentiality in Arawan, Luchuan, and Livonian An often overlooked yet fascinating aspect of the plethora of languages spoken throughout the planet, is the information they require their speakers to provide whenever describing something. For example, in the English language, there are many nouns to describe humans that do not differentiate between male and female, like friend. However, in Spanish, if one wants to refer to someone they consider a friend, it is necessary to use either…

to do it. And that’s exactly what he did. He was a smart warrior and spectacular fighter. He also did a lot for his country. Peter made schools in his country secular. Secular means non-religious. Peter gained territory from Estonia, Finland, and Latvia. Also next to those accomplishments he secure access to the Black Sea. Peter was just so great that he defeated the whole Swedish army with his army,…

The Russian Civil War was a common war battled from November 1917 until October 1922 between a few gatherings in Russia. The principle battling was between the Red Army and the White Army. The Red Army was a multitude of communists. The White Army restricted the communists. Different powers battled against both these gatherings or now and then helped one against the other. The Red Army won this war on the grounds that their armed force was better-composed and they held the best domain. After…

The Global Aftermath of World War I There have been many political changes after World War I. The empire of Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire had been demolished. The economy, at the time, had its share of change after World War I. It was subject to many reparations, in which the Deutsche had suffered a dramatic decrease resulting in an all-time low for Germany. However, Women were on the forefront of social status as more women of multiple countries took charge of local businesses and…