Stärken und Schwächen des neuen Staates 1918‒1940

Oberländer, Erwin

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“…The borders of the Latvian State were determined by the ethnographic borders of the Latvian people. The desire to unite with other Latvians was already clearly declared by the Latgale Congress in May 1917, and the proclamation of the Republic of Latvia on 18 November 1918 was natural (Oberländer, 2018: 27–28). Support for this idea is vividly characterised by the high turnout in the first democratic parliamentary elections held in the territory of Latvia: 84.9% of registered voters participated in the elections of the Latvian Constitutional Assembly in August 1919.…”

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History perceptions and national identity among Latvian youth: Entrapped between narratives of Latvia and Russia?

Bērziņa

Krumins

Šiliņš

et al. 2023

Nations and Nationalism

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This article examines the extent to which history forms national identity among Latvian youth. Being a multiethnic country, Latvia provides a unique opportunity to study the role of history in nation‐building among dominant and minority ethnic groups. The majority of Latvia's ethnic minorities are Russian‐speaking; therefore, a peculiarity of the Latvian case is the influence of the historical narratives promoted by Russia. The research problem of the paper is the formation of national identity when a foreign country promotes distorted historical narratives to discredit a state. The empirical findings are based on 30 in‐depth interviews with young people. The main conclusion is that history plays a rather limited direct role in forming national identity among youth in Latvia. The influence of Russia's historical narratives is observable but not as strong as expected in the context of Russia's influence activities.

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confidence: 99%