The Latvian Russian Language Referendum 2012 - asking whether the Russian Language should be given official language status ; and the use of the Russian language at home in Latvia (2011)

The Latvian Russian Language Referendum 2012 - asking whether the Russian Language should be given official language status ; and the use of the Russian language at home in Latvia (2011)

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‘The Russian language in Latvia is not only the language of ethnic Russians, but also of ¾ of Belorussians, 2/3 of Ukrainians, 4/5 of Jews, more than ½ of Poles’–mahendrabirbikram

River basins of Scandinavia and the Baltic states

River basins of Scandinavia and the Baltic states

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‘Out of Nordics, Sweden has the largest lake (Vänern; 5545km²) and Finland the second-largest (Saimaa, 4400km²). These are the largest and second-largest lakes in Europe (excluding Russia’s Ladoga; 18130km² and Onega 9700km²). Finland used to have half Ladoga before WW2. The Caspian Sea (371000km²) is in Asia and is the largest lake in the world … This guy lakes’

Everyday use of Latgalian in Latvia (2011)

Everyday use of Latgalian in Latvia (2011)

“It is based in the historical region of Latgale and is slightly related with lithuanian, atleast acording to Wikipedia. Its kinda strange but if you speak latvian you can understand most of what they are saying. Theres also a drinking game where you try to read latgalian and if you mess up you have to take a shot. It starts off easy but gets pretty hard the more shots you take”–KingBotQ