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International'nyi front truidlashchikhsila Latviiskoi SSR issuances
2014C13
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Title: International'nyĭ front trudi͡ashchikhsi͡a Latviĭskoĭ SSR issuances
Date (inclusive): 1989-1991
Collection Number: 2014C13
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Statements, memoranda, and printed matter relating to the question of Latvian independence from the Soviet Union. Includes
some similar materials from other Soviet republics.
Creator:
International'nyĭ front trudi͡ashchikhsi͡a Latviĭskoĭ SSR.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2013.
[Identification of item], International'nyĭ front trudi͡ashchikhsi͡a Latviĭskoĭ SSR issuances, [Box no., Folder no. or title],
Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
The 1988 to 1991 movement for national independence in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia not only had to contend with resistance
from Moscow but also strong local opposition. Several pro-Soviet organizations emerged in reaction to growing popular demands
for national sovereignty and independence in the Baltic region. In Lithuania such an organization was called Unity (Yedinstvo),
in Estonia it was the Intermovement (Interdvizhenie), and in Latvia the Interfront (International Front of the Working People
of Latvia). Made up mostly from the members of the Russian minority, heavily concentrated in industrial cities of the Baltic
region, this pro-Soviet Latvian political organization was largely driven by communists and retired Soviet officers. Following
the final implosion of the USSR in 1991, the Interfront, along with the Communist Party, were banned by the Latvian authorities.
Scope and Content of Collection
Consists of issuances and internal documents of the Interfront of Latvia, supplemented by similar materials from Lithuania
and Estonia, as well as other parts of the USSR.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Latvia -- History -- 1940-1991
Soviet Union -- History -- 1985-1991