The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic was a republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Professor Radoje Knezevic -LRB- Радоје Кнежевић 20 August 1901 -- 22 June 1983 -RRB- was a key member of the group that organised the Yugoslav coup d'etat of 27 March 1941 that deposed the regency of Prince Paul , Dr. Radenko Stankovic and Dr. Ivo Perovic , along with the government of Prime Minister Dragisa Cvetkovic .. Yugoslav coup d'etat. Yugoslav coup d'etat. Prince Paul. Prince Paul of Yugoslavia. Radenko Stankovic. Radenko Stankovic. Ivo Perovic. Ivo Perovic. Dragisa Cvetkovic. Dragisa Cvetkovic. Following the coup he was appointed as the Minister of the Royal Court , and after the resulting invasion of Yugoslavia , he accompanied the King and government into exile in Cairo then London .. invasion of Yugoslavia. invasion of Yugoslavia. Cairo. Cairo. London. London. Along with his brother Zivan , he was a member of the so-called `` League of Majors '' , who were at the centre of the ill-fated Greater Serbian agenda of the Yugoslav government-in-exile and who were instrumental in having Draza Mihailovic appointed as Chief of Staff of the Yugoslav Supreme Command .. Yugoslav government-in-exile. Yugoslav government-in-exile. Draza Mihailovic. Draza Mihailovic. He was sidelined in June 1943 when he was appointed to the Yugoslav legation in Portugal .. He remained in exile after the war , was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour in absentia during the Belgrade Process conducted by the country 's newly established communist authorities , and emigrated to Canada where he lived until his death in 1983 .. Canada. Canada. Belgrade Process. Trial of Draza Mihailovic