The Republic of Latvia, located in the Baltic region of Northern Europe, borders Russia to the east, the Baltic Sea to the west, southern Estonia and the north of Lithuania. The capital and largest city of Latvia is Riga. The unitary state has one official language, Latvian, one of the last Baltic languages ​​passed down from generation to generation. Latvia's climate is temperate with the possibility of extremely cold temperatures and heavy snowfall in winter. With recent Russian government activity and entry into Ukraine drawing attention to the region, gaining knowledge about a country bordering Russia that I knew little about seemed advantageous. The 20th century for Latvia began when it was under the control of the Russian Empire. . In 1990, after pro-democracy protests in Riga, the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR restored Latvia's independence and named it the Republic of Latvia. Moscow powers did not recognize Latvia's independence and continued to conduct some operations from Riga during this period. They also tried...