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Augusts Apsītis-Apse
Augusts is a Latvian masculine given name, a cognate of the name August, and may refer to: *Augusts Annuss (1893–1984), Latvian painter * Augusts Kepke (1886–19??), Latvian cyclist *Augusts Kirhenšteins Augusts Kirhenšteins, formerly spelt Kirchenšteins (18 September 1872 – 3 November 1963), was a Latvian and Soviet microbiologist, politician and educator. He was the ''de facto'' prime minister of Latvia from 20 June 1940 to 25 August 1940 ... (1872–1963), Latvian microbiologist and educator * Augusts Malvess (1878–1951), Latvian architect * Augusts Strautmanis (1907–1990), Latvian chess master * Augusts Voss (1919–1994), Latvian-Soviet politician and party functionary References {{given name Latvian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to the southeast, and shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9million. The country has a Temperate climate, temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city is Riga. Latvians, who are the titular nation and comprise 65.5% of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of the Balts and speak Latvian language, Latvian. Russians in Latvia, Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population; 37.7% of the population speak Russian language, Russian as their native tongue. After centuries of State of the Teutonic Order, Teutonic, Swedish Livonia, Swedish, Inflanty Voi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August (name)
August is both a given name and surname developed from the Latin, Augustus. Derived from the Latin word augere, meaning "to increase", Augustus had the meaning "esteemed" or "venerable" and was a title given to Roman emperors. Persons with the given name August * August, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig (1655–1715), German prince * August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1652–1689), German noble * August, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1784–1853), German noble and general of the Napoleonic Wars * August Aichhorn (1878–1949), Austrian educator and psychoanalyst *August Alle (1890–1952), Estonian writer * August Allebé (1838–1927), Dutch painter *August Alsina (born 1992), American singer * August Ames (1994–2017), American adult film actress * August Annist (1899–1972), Estonian literary and folklore scholar, writer and translator *August Bebel (1840–1913), German social-democrat * August Björklund (born 2002), Finnish footballer * August Blom (1869 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Language
Latvian (, ), also known as Lettish, is an East Baltic languages, East Baltic language belonging to the Indo-European language family. It is spoken in the Baltic region, and is the language of the Latvians. It is the official language of Latvia as well as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 1.5 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and 100,000 abroad. Altogether, 2 million, or 80% of the population of Latvia, spoke Latvian in the 2000s, before the total number of inhabitants of Latvia slipped to 1.8 million in 2022. Of those, around 1.16 million or 62% of Latvia's population used it as their primary language at home, though excluding the Latgale Planning Region, Latgale and Riga Planning Region, Riga regions it is spoken as a native language in villages and towns by over 90% of the population. As a Baltic languages, Baltic language, Latvian is most closely related to neighboring Lithuanian language, Lithuanian (as well as Old Prussian language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or Gentile name, ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusts Annuss
Augusts Annuss (27 October 1893 – 5 January 1984) was a Latvian painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with .... His work was part of the Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics#Painting, painting event in the Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics, art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.Leitis, Aivars, 2022: ''Augusts Annuss''. Valsts kultūrkapitāla fonds. 112 pp. References 1893 births 1984 deaths 20th-century Latvian painters 20th-century Latvian male artists Latvian male painters Art competitors at the 1936 Summer Olympics Latvian World War II refugees Latvian emigrants to the United States People from Liepāja Burials at Forest Cemetery, Riga {{Latvia-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusts Kepke
Augusts Kepke (born 6 January 1886, date of death unknown), also known as August Köpke (), was a Latvian cyclist Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo .... He competed in two events for the Russian Empire at the 1912 Summer Olympics. References External links * * 1886 births Year of death missing Latvian male cyclists Olympic cyclists for the Russian Empire Cyclists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Riga {{Latvia-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusts Kirhenšteins
Augusts Kirhenšteins, formerly spelt Kirchenšteins (18 September 1872 – 3 November 1963), was a Latvian and Soviet microbiologist, politician and educator. He was the ''de facto'' prime minister of Latvia from 20 June 1940 to 25 August 1940 and Acting ''de facto'' President of Latvia from 21 July 1940 to 25 August 1940. It was Kirhenšteins' Soviet puppet government that requested the incorporation of Latvia into the Soviet Union after the occupation of the country in 1940. He became a member of the Communist Party in 1941. He was Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic 1940–1952. Biography Augusts Kirhenšteins was born on 18 September 1872 on the estate of Valtenberg Manor in Mazsalaca, in the Governorate of Livonia. He was the eldest son of the tenant Mārtiņš Kirhenšteins and his wife Baba, in a family of eleven children. Augusts Kirhenšteins' younger brother, Rūdolfs Kirhenšteins (1891–1938), went on to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusts Malvess
Augusts Malvess (2 November 1878, Gulbene – 9 May 1951, Riga) was a Latvian architect. Augusts Malvess was born in Gulbene in northeastern Latvia and studied architecture at Riga Polytechnic Institute, today Riga Technical University. He graduated in 1906. The following two years he worked in the firm of Konstantīns Pēkšēns, and worked independently from 1909. He was a lecturer at the University of Latvia from 1919 to 1950. He was promoted to extraordinary professor there in 1939 and in 1944 he was promoted to full professor. As an architect he designed about twenty residential buildings in Riga (several in Art Nouveau style) in addition to public and civic buildings, as well as buildings in Dzērbene, Cēsis, Sigulda and Smiltene Smiltene () is a town in the Vidzeme region in northern Latvia, 132 km northeast of the capital Riga, and the administrative centre of Smiltene Municipality. It has a population of 5,536 (2015). Name Its original name was Smiltesele (t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusts Strautmanis
Augusts Strautmanis (July 11, 1907, Riga – January 8, 1990, Ikšķile) was a Latvian chess master. Chess career Augusts Strautmanis started to play chess at an early childhood under the guidance of his father. Already in 1926 at the Latvian Second Chess Congress, the new chess player won a high fourth place (after Fricis Apšenieks, Teodors Bergs and Vladimirs Petrovs) and was included in the first independent Latvian team which participated at the 2nd Chess Olympiad in The Hague in 1928. Augusts Strautmanis played at second board and got 7.5 points out of 16 possible (+6 -7 =3). In 1938/39 in the Latvian First Speed Chess Championship, where 1319 participants took part at various stages, Augusts Strautmanis becomes the winner. During the years of Second World War he won the Riga Championship of 1943, shared the 3rd–6th place at the Latvian Chess Championship of the same year. Also, in the post-war years, Augusts Strautmanis continued to successfully participate in the Lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusts Voss
Augusts Eduardovich Voss (; 30 October 1919, Saltykovo – 10 February 1994, Moscow) was a Soviet politician of Latvian origin and party functionary. Before World War II he worked as a school teacher. In 1940, he was mobilized into the Red Army and served as a politruk. From 1945, he served as a party apparatchik in Latvia. From 1966 till 1984, he was First Secretary (later: General Secretary) of the Communist Party of Latvia and member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1971 till 1990. From 1984 till 1989, he was Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities, upper chamber of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. He did not return to Latvia and died in Moscow in 1994, where he is also buried. See also *Arvīds Pelše *Alfrēds Rubiks Alfrēds Rubiks (, ''Alfred Petrovich Rubiks''; born 24 September 1935), is a Latvian communist politician and a former leader of the Communist Party of Latvia. He was a Member of the European Parliament for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Masculine Given Names
Latvian may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Latvia **Latvians, a Baltic ethnic group, native to what is modern-day Latvia and the immediate geographical region **Latvian language, also referred to as Lettish **Latvian cuisine **Latvian culture **Latvian horse *Latvian Gambit, an opening in chess See also *Latvia (other) Latvia is a country in Europe. Latvia can also refer to: * Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1990) * Latvia (European Parliament constituency) * 1284 Latvia - asteroid * Latvia Peak - mountain in Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
