page_title: Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
hierarchical_section_title: Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
context_page_description: The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Latvia or Latvia, was part of the Soviet Union, and existed from 1918 to 1920, and from 1940 to 1990.
context_section_description: The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (Latvian SSR; Latvian: Latvijas Padomju Sociālistiskā Republika; Russian: Латвийская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Latviyskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), also known as Soviet Latvia or Latvia, was part of the Soviet Union, and existed from 1918 to 1920, and from 1940 to 1990.
caption: Location of Latvia (red) within the Soviet Union