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Resources : Latvia
This is a page listing various resources dealing with Latvian history, geography and related topics and subjects. Resources range from website and online article links to lists of recommended non-fiction bibliography.
General information
Vietas.lv - Interactive geographic and historical guide to Latvia (English language version).
Archives and Documents
Baltic Connections Project - Uncovering the common past of the countries around the Baltic Sea (1450-1800).
Latvian Surname Project - A wiki project collecting and researching all manner of Latvian surnames (family names).
Maps
FEEFHS Map Room - 50 detailed maps of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, the Balkans, and the Baltics from the 1882 Blackie and Sons atlas, all available at the site of the Federation of East European Family History Societies. The same site also includes a nice Genealogy Resource Directory.
Map of OTL Latvian towns/cities and main historical regions
Alternate History Maps of Baltic Nations thread - Just to give writers some inspiration.
Architecture, Fine Arts and Culture
Multimedia virtual tour of old Riga
Historically significant castles and manors of Latvia
English to Latvian online dictionary
Economy, Research and Transport
Latvian Railway Museum in Riga
Photos of Latvian rail vehicles and rolling stock, courtesy of Phil Richards