To vidzeme   (translated from Russian)
To vidzeme To vidzeme (Vidzeme) - historical region in Latvii, to the north ... of the province Liflyandiya , southern part To vidzeme - Latgale went away k Pol'she . In ...
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Regions of Latvia
... northern part of Šiauliai County in Lithuania. Vidzeme, meaning "Middle land", is also known as ... a small part of traditional Livonia. Present Vidzeme is the Latvian part of Swedish Livonia ... Courland province in the Russian Empire while Vidzeme and Latgale were politically separate, both from ... three regions: Kurzeme (including Zemgale and Sēlija), Vidzeme and Latgale. This division of Latvia into ... of which contain three stars: for Kurzeme, Vidzeme and Latgale, which were united into ...
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History of Latvia
... faith was accepted in Kurzeme, Zemgale and Vidzeme, but the Roman Catholic faith maintained its ... most developed Swedish City. During this time Vidzeme was known as the "Swedish Bread Basket ... Russian Tsar, Peter I, managed to secure Vidzeme. Through Vidzeme to Riga, Russia obtained a clear passage ... was abolished in Courland in 1818 and Vidzeme in 1819. In 1849, a law ...
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Valmiera
... German: Wolmar) is the largest city of Vidzeme region, Latvia with a total area of ... de facto cultural and administrative centre of Vidzeme. It is the only town in the ... creating a garbage control system in northern Vidzeme. A project for water supply development and ... the modernization of the economic system in Vidzeme. The improvement of the payment system, the ...
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Livland   (translated from German)
Livland Livland ( lettisch : Livonija (historical name), but Vidzeme (Livland as today's northern province Lettlands ... rich area is (under the native name Vidzeme) one of the four historical landscapes of ... Livland | Lettgallen | Semgallen | Oberlettland lettische designations : Kurzeme | Vidzeme | Latgale | Zemgale | S?lija or Aug?zeme
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Lettland   (translated from German)
... Cure country (Kurzeme) in the west, Livland (Vidzeme) in the northeast, Semgallen (Zemgale) as narrow ... at 452 km length in Livland (lettisch: Vidzeme) Daugava (German: Duena) at 357 km length ... at 95 km length in Livland (lettisch: Vidzeme) Largest cities City Circle Inhabitant 31.3 ...
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Russians in Latvia
... 68 thousand (5% of total population) - in Vidzeme. The smallest part of the Russian population ... dwellers. Half of the Russian population of Vidzeme, Kurzeme and Zemgale came from the nearby ... labour and agriculture. In the towns of Vidzeme, Kurzeme, and Zemgale the social picture of ...
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Talk:Latgale
... Liflanty," which derives from the German Livland -- Vidzeme. Until the period of Swedish rule, not only contemporary Vidzeme but also the ethnographically Latvian part of ... the east (i.e., Selonia), and in Vidzeme (Alūksne, Gulbene, etc.). On the other hand ...
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Coat of arms of Latvia
... idea of the inclusion of historical districts (Vidzeme, Latgale and combined Kurzeme-Zemgale ) into the ... arms of the former Duke of Kurzeme . Vidzeme and Latgale (Eastern Latvia) are symbolized by ... 1566, when the territories known today as Vidzeme and Latgale had come under Polish-Lithuanian ...
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Latvia in the 20th century
... the Russian provinces of Courland (Kurzeme), Livonia (Vidzeme) and Vitebsk. Vidzeme was annexed by Russia immediately after the ... protocols, Germany was to keep Kurzeme and Vidzeme, while Latgale was to remain under Russian ...
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