Spidola Award
Spidola may refer to: * Spīdola (or ''Spīdala''), a witch from the Latvian national epic poem ''Lāčplēsis'' * VEF Spidola, the first Soviet mass-produced transistor manufactured by VEF * , a ''Ronis''-class submarine of the Latvian Navy * , an award presented by the Latvian Culture Foundation; see

VEF Spidola
VEF Spidola ( lv, VEF Spīdola, russian: ВЭФ Спидола) was the first mass production, mass-produced transistor radio with short wave band in the Soviet Union. It was manufactured by the VEF factory in Riga, Latvia, since 1962. A small series under the name "Spidola" (''Спидола'' ПМП-60) was manufactured since 1960. It was named after the fictional witch Spīdola from the Latvian epic poem. The word "spidola" was a Generic trademark, genericised trademark for "transistor radio" for a long time in Russian language, Russian (other synonyms included "transistor"). In many cases, the Spidola was used to listen to Western stations (such as the ''Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, BBC, Deutsche Welle''). The criminal prosecution of at least one Soviet dissident involved confiscation of the Spidola as an "instrument of crime," but without specifying the "crime" committed with the confiscated Spidola. Specifications First, "Spidola" was a ten-transi ...
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Ronis-class Submarine
The ''Ronis''-class submarines were built for the Latvian Navy in France in 1925. They were acquired by the Soviets in 1940 following the annexation of Latvia by the Soviet Union. They were scuttled in Liepāja in June 1941 as the Germans were about to capture the port. The hulls were raised in 1942 and scrapped. Design The boats were small coastal submarines built to a French design. Ronis means " seal" in the Latvian language, Spīdola is a character from the Latvian language poem ''Lāčplēsis''. The submarines were long overall with a beam of and a draught of . The vessels of the class displaced surfaced and submerged. The submarines had a dived depth of . They had a complement of 27 officers and ratings. The ''Ronis''-class submarines were propelled by two shafts driven by two Sulzer diesel engines for travel on the surface, rated at and two electric motors for subsurface movement. The submarines had a maximum speed of surfaced and submerged. They were ...
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Spidola (steamship)
Spidola may refer to: * Spīdola (or ''Spīdala''), a witch from the Latvian national epic poem ''Lāčplēsis'' * VEF Spidola VEF Spidola ( lv, VEF Spīdola, russian: ВЭФ Спидола) was the first mass production, mass-produced transistor radio with short wave band in the Soviet Union. It was manufactured by the VEF factory in Riga, Latvia, since 1962. A small ..., the first Soviet mass-produced transistor manufactured by VEF * , a ''Ronis''-class submarine of the Latvian Navy [Baidu]  

Roberts Zīle
Roberts Zīle (born 20 June 1958) is a Latvian economist and politician and Vice President of the European Parliament for the National Alliance, a free market national conservative political party in Latvia. In the seventh term of the European Parliament, he works in the European Conservatives and Reformists group; he is a member of European Conservatives and Reformists Group Executive and a member of the group Bureau. He was formerly vice-president of the now defunct Union for a Europe of Nations group. Background Zīle was born in Riga on 20 June 1958 and gained his first education in the Riga 25th high school. After graduating in 1976, Zīle continued his education at the University of Latvia, Faculty of Economics, culminating in a baccalaureate degree in economics in 1981. In 1983, Zīle began part-time studies at the Latvian Institute of Agriculture and Agricultural Economics. During the period between 1992 and 1994, Zīle interned at the Iowa State University in the ...
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