Daugavpils (; russian: Двинск; ltg, Daugpiļs ; german: Dünaburg, ; pl, Dyneburg; see
other names) is a state
city
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in south-eastern
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
, located on the banks of the
Daugava River, from which the city gets its name.
The parts of the city north of the river belong to the
historical Latvian region of
Latgale
Latgale ( ltg, Latgola; ; ger, Lettgallen; be, Латгалія, Łathalija; pl, Łatgalia; la, Lettgallia), also known as Latgalia is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. It is the easternmost region and is north of the Daugava River. While m ...
, and those to the south lie in
Selonia
Selonia ( lv, Sēlija; lt, Sėla), also known as Augšzeme (the "Highland"), is one of the Historical Latvian Lands encompassing the eastern part of the historical region of Semigallia ( lv, Zemgale) as well as a portion of northeastern Lithuania ...
. It is the second-largest city in the country after the capital
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...
, which is located some to its north-west.
Daugavpils is located relatively close to
Belarus and
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
(distances of and respectively), and some from the Latvian border with
Russia. Daugavpils is a major
railway junction and industrial centre and was an historically important garrison city lying approximately midway between
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...
and
Minsk, and between
Warsaw and
Saint Petersburg.
Daugavpils, then Dyneburg, was the capital of
Polish Livonia while in
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Following the
first partition of Poland in 1772, the city became part of the
Russian Empire.
Since the Second World War, it has maintained an overwhelmingly
Russian-speaking population, with
Latvians and
Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...
being significant minorities. Historically, German and Yiddish were additional prominent native languages.
Names
In the
Latvian language, the current name ''Daugavpils'' references ''
Daugava'' (the Latvian name of the Western Dvina River) and the Latvian word ''pils'' (meaning "castle" - cognate with Lithuanian ''pilis'' and with Greek ''
polis'').
Historically, several names in various languages have identified Daugavpils. Some are still in use today.
* be, Даўґаўпілс (), (),
[In Taraškievica it is spelled ().] historically ()
* et, Düünaburg, Väinalinn
* fi, Väinänlinna
* german: Dünaburg (''Düna'' - the
Western Dvina River + an early form of German ''Burg'' - "fortress" or "castle")
* ltg, Daugpiļs
* lt, Daugpilis
* pl, Dyneburg
* russian: Даугавпилс, historically: (), (), ( 1656–67), ()
* yi, דענענבורג (), yi, דינאַבורג (), yi, דווינסק ()
Chronology of name changes
* Dünaburg (1275–1656)
* Borisoglebsk (1656–1667)
* Dünaburg (1667–1893)
* Dvinsk (1893–1920)
* Daugavpils (since 1920)
History
The town's history began in 1275 when the
Livonian Order
The Livonian Order was an autonomous branch of the Teutonic Order,
formed in 1237. From 1435 to 1561 it was a member of the Livonian Confederation.
History
The order was formed from the remnants of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword after the ...
, led by
Ernst von Ratzeburg, built
Dünaburg Castle up the Daugava river from where Daugavpils is now situated.
In 1561 it became part of the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania and, subsequently, of the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1569 (see
Duchy of Livonia). In 1621 Daugavpils became the capital of the newly formed
Inflanty Voivodeship, which existed until the
First Partition of Poland (1772). In 1577 the Russian tsar
Ivan the Terrible
Ivan IV Vasilyevich (russian: Ива́н Васи́льевич; 25 August 1530 – ), commonly known in English as Ivan the Terrible, was the grand prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and the first Tsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584.
Ivan ...
captured and destroyed Dünaburg castle. That same year, a new castle was built downriver. In 1582 Daugavpils was granted
Magdeburg town rights. In the 17th century, during the
Russo-Swedish War initiated by Tsar
Alexis of Russia, the Russians
captured Daugavpils, renamed the town ''Borisoglebsk'' and controlled the region for 11 years, between 1656 and 1667. Russia returned the area to Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth following the
Treaty of Andrusovo
The Truce of Andrusovo ( pl, Rozejm w Andruszowie, russian: Андрусовское перемирие, ''Andrusovskoye Pieriemiriye'', also sometimes known as Treaty of Andrusovo) established a thirteen-and-a-half year truce, signed in 1667 bet ...
(1667). It became part of the Russian Empire after
First Partition of Poland in 1772. It was an
uyezd center firstly in
Pskov Governorate between 1772 and 1776, Polotsk one between 1776 and 1796, Belarus one between 1796 and 1802 and finally Vitebsk between 1802 and 1917 as Dinaburg firstly, as Dvinsk later during Russian rule.
From 1784 onwards the city had a large and active Jewish population among them a number of prominent figures. According to the
Russian census of 1897, out of a total population of 69,700, Jews numbered 32,400 (ca. 44% percent).
As part of the
Russian Empire, the city was called ''Dvinsk'' from 1893 to 1920. The newly independent Latvian state renamed it ''Daugavpils'' in 1920. Latvians, Poles and Soviet troops fought the
Battle of Daugavpils
The Battle of Daugavpils, or Battle of Dyneburg, was the final battle during the Polish-Soviet War of 1919. A joint Polish and Latvian force, operating under Polish Staff orders known as "Operation Winter", attacked the Red Army garrison in Du ...
in the area from 1919 to 1920. Daugavpils and the whole of Latvia was under the
Soviet Union rule between 1940–41 and 1944–1991. Nazi
Brandenbergers led the German attack against the town in 1941, speaking Russian and wearing Soviet uniforms, and Germany occupied it between 1941 and 1944. The Nazis established the
Daugavpils Ghetto where the town's Jews were forced to live. Most were murdered. During the
Cold War
The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...
the
Lociki air-base operated northeast of Daugavpils itself. In the late Soviet era, there was a proposal to
build a hydroelectric power station on the Daugava river that was successfully opposed by the nascent environmental movement in Latvia.
On 16 April 2010 an assassin shot vice-mayor
Grigorijs Ņemcovs
Grigorijs Ņemcovs (russian: Григорий Владимирович Немцов, ''Grigory Nemtsov''; 11 December 1948 in Babruysk, Soviet Union (today Belarus) – 16 April 2010 in Daugavpils, Latvia) was a Latvian journalist, businessman ...
in the center of the city. He died almost immediately and the crime remains unsolved.
Jewish history
Prior to 1941, Daugavpils, called Dvinsk by its Jewish inhabitants, was home to the most prominent Jewish community in eastern Latvia. The city was already a Jewish center as early as the 1780s and by the time of the 1897 census, they numbered 32,400 (44% of the overall population of the city). By 1911 they had increased to 50,000. The Jews of the town were very prosperous and ran 32 factories and there were 4000 artisans among them.
The city not only boasted a large Jewish population but a rich religious culture including 40 synagogues. The city was home to two of the most prominent rabbis of their time:
Joseph Rosen (1858-1936), known as the Rogatchover Gaon (genius from
Rahachow), was famed for his commentaries on the works of
Maimonides and on the Talmud. Famed for his acidic wit and penetrating genius, he led the towns
Hasidic Jews. His 'competitor', the leader of the local
Misnagdim
''Misnagdim'' (, "Opponents"; Sephardi pronunciation: ''Mitnagdim''; singular ''misnaged''/''mitnaged'') was a religious movement among the Jews of Eastern Europe which resisted the rise of Hasidism in the 18th and 19th centuries. The ''Misna ...
(non-Hasidic Jews) was the Rabbi
Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (1843-1926). Rabbi Meir Simcha was also renowned for his work on Maimonides (
Or Somayach
Or or OR may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* "O.R.", a 1974 episode of M*A*S*H
* Or (My Treasure), a 2004 movie from Israel (''Or'' means "light" in Hebrew)
Music
* ''Or'' (album), a 2002 album by Golden Boy with Miss ...
) as well as Bible commentary Meshech Chochma. In one famous comment he predicted that since some Jews had assimilated and viewed
Berlin as their '
Jerusalem' they would suffer persecution originating in Berlin.
Another famous Jewish resident was the
abstract expressionist painter
Mark Rothko. Born in Daugavpils in 1903 he immigrated at the age of 10 to the
United States where he painted over 800 paintings in his unique style.
Jewish Daugavpils came to an end following the Nazi German invasion on 26 June 1941. Falsely claiming that the Jews had conspired to set fire to the town and that they were assisting the Soviet army, the Germans and their Latvian collaborators carried out large executions on 28–29 June. During July the Jews were enslaved and forced to cut down timber. On 7–11 July Einsatzkommando 1b under
Erich Ehrlinger executed many of the remaining Jews. Later in July the 14,000 remaining Jews were forced into a Ghetto along with those from nearby towns. By the end of August an additional 7000 Jews had died at the hands of the Nazis and the local Latvian collaborators. The largest execution took place in November 1941 and was followed by plagues that decimated the few survivors. Only about 1500 Jews remained in the city. These were murdered on 1 May 1942. When the town was liberated in 1944 only 100 survivors remained of a community of 16,000. For more on the Holocaust in Daugavpils see
Daugavpils Ghetto.
Geography
Climate
The city has a
continental climate
Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in the middle latitudes (40 to 55 north), within large landmasses where prevailing winds blow overland bringing som ...
with warm summers and cold winters. Under the
Köppen climate classification, Daugavpils features a
humid continental climate (Dfb).
Demographics
As of 1 January 2020, the city had a population of 82,046.
In Daugavpils 85% of the voters supported the proposal to make Russian the second state language in the
2012 referendum.
Religion
Church Hill (''Baznīcu kalns'') is a city landmark. Very prominently, all of the main denominations practiced in Latvia: Lutheran, Catholic, Orthodox and Old Believer are represented.
Places of worship in the city:
*
Martin Luther Cathedral
*
Ss. Boris and Gleb Cathedral
*
St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
*
St. Alexander Nevsky Church
*
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
*
St. Peter-in-Chains Catholic Church
*
Heart of Jesus Catholic Church
*
Grīva Catholic Church
*
First Old Believers’ House of Prayer
*
Vecforštate Old Believers' House of Prayer
*
Daugavpils Synagogue - restored 2003-2006
Before the Second World War, there were more than 40
synagogue
A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worshi ...
s in the city.
Art, architecture, and culture
Daugavpils is an important cultural centre in eastern Latvia. There are 22 primary and secondary schools, four vocational schools, and the Saules
College of Art
An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, including fine art – especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. Art schools can offer elementary, secondary, post-second ...
. More than 1,000 teachers and engineers graduate from the
University of Daugavpils (formerly Daugavpils Pedagogical University) and the local branch of
Riga Technical University annually.
There is also a Polish
gymnasium on Varšavas iela (Warsaw Street).
In 2007 the
Daugavpils Theatre was restored. There is also one cinema as well as other
cultural institutions. The city exhibition center offers many cultural activities.
There are also several architectural, historical, and cultural monuments in Daugavpils. The most prominent is the
Daugavpils fortress
Daugavpils Fortress, also known as Dinaburg Fortress or Dvinsk Fortress, is an early 19th century fortress in Daugavpils, Latvia. It is the only early 19th century military fortification of its kind in Northern Europe that has been preserved ...
dating mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries. In April 2013 the
Mark Rothko Art centre
Mark Rothko Art Centre ( lv, Daugavpils Marka Rotko mākslas centrs – DMRAC) is a multi-functional institution of culture, arts and education, located inside the arsenal building of the Daugavpils fortress in Daugavpils, Latvia. It is a uni ...
was opened in the fortress.
Historical centre
The historical centre of Daugavpils city is an architectural heritage of national importance (the construction work was carried out in the 19th century according to the project endorsed in St Petersburg in 1826).
The historical centre is the greatest attraction of the city and one of the most successful examples of balancing the aspects of ancient and modern times. Daugavpils is one of the few cities in Latvia which can pride itself on a unified ensemble of both classic and eclectic styles. The cultural heritage of architectural, artistic, industrial, and historical monuments combined with the picturesque surroundings create the essence of Daugavpils’ image and endow it with a special charm.
In 2020 the municipality allocated 70,000 euros for the restoration of eight historical buildings, including
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Modern ...
and red brick buildings.
Red brick buildings
Daugavpils is exceptionally rich in red brick buildings. This style was developed by many outstanding architects. In Daugavpils, this variety of eclecticism is most widely represented in the buildings designed by
Wilhelm Neumann, an architect of German origin who was the chief architect of the city from 1878 to 1895. Bright examples of brick architecture are the buildings at 1/3 Saules Street and at 8 Muzeja Street. The shape-forming techniques typical of eclecticism that were applied in the façades of these buildings even many decades later make one appreciate and admire the striking accuracy of detail.
Transport
''Daugavpils satiksme AS'' oversees the city's bus and tram networks.
The
city's railway station is the terminus of the
Riga–Daugavpils Railway
The Riga–Daugavpils railway line ( lv, Dzelzceļa līnija Rīga—Daugavpils) is a long railway line in Latvia which connects the cities of Riga in central Latvia and Daugavpils in south-eastern Latvia.
The railway line is double track between ...
. There is a train connection to Vilnius during the weekends.
Daugavpils International Airport is located northeast of Daugavpils, near the village of
Lociki.
The airport was denationalized in 1993 and since 2005 there has been an ongoing project to redevelop the former military facility to allow both international and domestic passenger traffic, as well as international and domestic cargo transport and
charter flights. Griva Airfield is located 4km NW of Daugavpils, next to the river. It's movements mainly involve parachute jumping and paragliding.
Government
The head of the city government is the mayor of Daugavpils or, literally, 'Council Chairman' (''domes priekšsēdētājs''). The incumbent since January 2019 is
Andrejs Elksniņš from
Harmony
In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches ( tones, notes), or chords. However ...
, albeit coalition talks are still ongoing. It is his second term in office, after his initial term was ended after the coalition broke apart in September 2017 less than a month following the 2017 municipal elections and he was succeeded by of the
Latvian Green Party (elected on the "Our Party" electoral list). "Our Party" governed in coalition with the
Latgale Party
The Latgale Party ( lv, Latgales partija, LP) is a regionalist political party in Latvia representing the Latgalian minority of Latvia. It is a part of the New Unity coalition and since 2014, it has been led by Jānis Lāčplēsis and Aldis Ada ...
of the previous mayor
Jānis Lāčplēsis
Jānis Lāčplēsis (born 8 October 1958 in Daugavpils) is Latvian financier, politician and former mayor of Daugavpils (2009-2011, 2013-2017). He was a member of the Latvian parliament
The Saeima () is the parliament of the Republic of Latvi ...
. Eigims was previously mayor from 2001–2003 as leader of the
Light of Latgale
The Light of Latgale ( lv, Latgales Gaisma; ltg, Latgolys Gaisma) was a Latgalian regionalist political party in Latvia.
The Light of Latgale was based in the city of Daugavpils and led by Daugavpils businessman Rihards Eigims. The party won ...
party and briefly in 2009 as a member of the
Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party.
The Council consists of 15 members who are elected every four years. The
most recent election was in 2017.
Economy
During the Soviet time, the city was well industrialised with a number of prominent large manufacturing units. However, nowadays only a few of those have remained still working. The city council is trying to attract new investments and thus created a number of free industrial zones around the whole city that might be interesting due to the strategically efficient geographical position of the city close to the Russian, Belarusian and Lithuanian borders.
Sports
The
Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia
The Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia is a motorcycle speedway event that is a part of the Speedway Grand Prix series (the world championship.
History
From 2006 until 2017 the Grand Prix was held at the Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs. In 2023, the ev ...
is currently held at the
Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs with America's triple
World Champion Greg Hancock being the most successful rider in Latvia winning the GP in 2009,
2009
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and 2013.
Lokomotiv Daugavpils
Lokomotīve Daugavpils, also known as Lokomotiv Daugavpils, is a Latvian motorcycle speedway team based in Daugavpils who race in the Polish Speedway Second League (2. Liga).
Stadium
Stadium Lokomotīve (former name Spīdveja centrs) is located ...
is a
Motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...
team which successfully competes in the
Polish league system.
The
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
clubs
FC Daugava
FC Daugava was a Latvian football club, based at the Daugava Stadium, in the city of Daugavpils. They lastly played in the Latvian Second League in 2015. They were one of two clubs with the name ''Daugava'' and should not be confused with FK ...
and
BFC Daugavpils play at
Celtnieks Stadium in Daugavpils. Both teams plays in the
Latvian Higher League. In the past there was
Dinaburg FC
Dinaburg FC was a Latvian football club, playing in the city of Daugavpils. In 2009 it merged with FK Daugava. The club played at the Daugava Stadium (capacity 4,070). On October 5, 2009, Dinaburg was expelled from the Virsliga and both the pre ...
which played at the former
Daugava Stadium.
FBC Latgale represent the city in
floorball
Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. Men and women play indoors with sticks and a plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three twenty-minute periods. The sport of bandy also played a role ...
. There is also a
hockey team called
HK Dinaburga, which currently plays in the
Latvian Hockey Higher League.
In 2008 the construction of the Daugavpils Multifunctional Sports Complex was started and was completed in October 2009.
Notable residents
*
Andris Ambainis
Andris Ambainis (born 18 January 1975) is a Latvian computer scientist active in the fields of quantum information theory and quantum computing.
Education and career
Ambainis has held past positions at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princet ...
(born 1975), Latvian computer scientist
*
Aleksandrs Cauņa (born 1988), Latvian footballer
*
Teresa Czerwińska
Teresa Czerwińska (born September 7, 1974) is a Polish economist originally from Latvia. Since 2020, she has served as the Vice President of the European Investment Bank.
Early life
Czerwińska was born in Daugavplis, Latvian Soviet Socialist R ...
(born 1974), Polish economist,
Minister of Finance of Poland (2018–)
*
Leonid Dobychin (1894–1936), Russian writer
*
Kastuś (Kanstantyn)Jezavitaŭ (1893 - 1946), political and military leader within the Belarusian independence movement
*
Movsas Feigins (Movša Feigins, 1908–1950), Latvian
chess master
*
Grzegorz Fitelberg
Grzegorz Fitelberg (18 October 1879 – 10 June 1953) was a Polish conductor, violinist and composer. He was a member of the Young Poland group, together with artists such as Karol Szymanowski, Ludomir Różycki and Mieczysław Karłowicz.
Life ...
(1879–1953), Polish composer and conductor
*
Isser Harel (born Isser Halperin) (c. 1912–2003), Israeli spymaster
*
Gotthard Kettler (1517–1587), last Master of the
Livonian Order
The Livonian Order was an autonomous branch of the Teutonic Order,
formed in 1237. From 1435 to 1561 it was a member of the Livonian Confederation.
History
The order was formed from the remnants of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword after the ...
and the first
Duke of Courland and Semigallia
*
Abraham Isaac Kook
Abraham Isaac Kook (; 7 September 1865 – 1 September 1935), known as Rav Kook, and also known by the acronym HaRaAYaH (), was an Orthodox rabbi, and the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine. He is considered to be one of ...
(1864–1935), rabbi, thinker, diplomat, mediator, scholar
*
Pinchas HaKohen Lintup
Pinchas HaKohen Lintup or Pinhas HaKohen Lintop ( he, הרב פנחס הכהן לינטופ) (10 October 1851 – 1 June 1924) was a Religious Zionist Lithuanian rabbi and teacher who served as the spiritual leader of the Hasidic community of Bir ...
(1851–1924), rabbi and Kabbalist
*
Solomon Mikhoels (1890–1948), Soviet Jewish actor and director
*
Grigorijs Ņemcovs
Grigorijs Ņemcovs (russian: Григорий Владимирович Немцов, ''Grigory Nemtsov''; 11 December 1948 in Babruysk, Soviet Union (today Belarus) – 16 April 2010 in Daugavpils, Latvia) was a Latvian journalist, businessman ...
(1948–2010), Latvian journalist, businessman and politician
*
Nicolai Poliakoff
Nicolai Poliakoff Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, OBE (2 October 1900 – 25 September 1974; lv, Nikolajs Poļakovs; russian: Николáй Петрóвич Полякóв) was the creator of Coco the Clown, arguably th ...
OBE (1900–1974), creator of Coco the Clown
*
Władysław Raginis
Władysław Raginis (June 27, 1908 – September 10, 1939) was a Polish military commander during the Polish Defensive War of 1939 of a small force holding the Polish fortified defense positions against a vastly larger invasion during the Battle ...
(1908–1939), Polish officer
*
Rogatchover Gaon (1858–1936), rabbi
*
Mark Rothko (1903–1970), American abstract expressionist painter
*
Isaak Illich Rubin (1886–1931), Jewish political economist and socialist activist
*
Artjoms Rudņevs (born 1988), Latvian
footballer
*
Uļjana Semjonova
Uļjana Larionovna Semjonova (russian: Ульяна Ларионовна Семёнова, Ul'yana Larionovna Semyonova; born 9 March 1952) is a retired Latvian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union.
Standing at least Semjonova w ...
(born 1952),
basketball player
*
Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (1843–1926), rabbi
*
Isaac Nachman Steinberg (1888–1957), writer, politician, co-founder of the Freeland League
*
Władysław Studnicki (1867-1953), Polish politician and publicist
*
Stanisław Swianiewicz (1899–1997), Polish economist and historian
*
Deniss Vasiļjevs (born 1999), Latvian figure skater
*
Vitas
Vitaliy Vladasovich Grachev (russian: Виталий Владасович Грачёв; uk, Віталій Владасович Грачов, Vitaliy Vladasovych Hrachov; born 19 February 1979), known professionally as Vitas ( rus, Вит ...
(born 1979), Russian singer, songwriter, composer, actor and fashion designer
*
Viktoria Modesta
Viktorija Moskaļova (russian: Виктория Москалёва, Viktoriya Moskalyova; born 25 February 1987), better known as Viktoria Modesta, is a Latvian-born British singer-songwriter, performance artist, creative director, and model. Mod ...
(born 1988), Latvian-born British singer-songwriter, performance artist, and model
Twin towns – sister cities
Daugavpils is
twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
*
Alaverdi, Armenia
*
Babruysk, Belarus
*
Batumi, Georgia
*
Central Administrative Okrug (Moscow), Russia
*
Ferrara
Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...
, Italy
*
Harbin
Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest ...
, China
*
Kharkiv, Ukraine
*
Lida, Belarus
*
Magdeburg, Germany
*
Motala, Sweden
*
Naro-Fominsk, Russia
*
Panevėžys, Lithuania
*
Pskov
Pskov ( rus, Псков, a=pskov-ru.ogg, p=pskof; see also names in other languages) is a city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, located about east of the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population ...
, Russia
*
Radom, Poland
*
Ramla, Israel
*
Saint Petersburg, Russia
*
Vagharshapat, Armenia
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Vitebsk, Belarus
Gallery
File:Nikolaja vārti. Ārējā fasāde.JPG, Nicholas Gate at Daugavpils Fortress
File:Vienības nams 092011.jpg, ''Unity House'' contains Daugavpils Theatre and a recreation centre
File:Tirdzniecības parks „Solo”.jpg, 'Solo' shopping centre
File:Saules iela 55 (Daugavpils).jpg, Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Modern ...
building
File:DauagvpilsKTM-31.jpg, Tram
File:Daugavpils railway station2 LV.jpg, Train station
File:Daugavpils, Latvia - panoramio (37).jpg, City centre
File:Центральная городская больница - panoramio.jpg, Regional hospital
File:Daugavpils fire station (1).jpg, Fire station
File:Daugavpils museum.jpg, Museum
File:Вид с птичего полета- школа и стадион - panoramio.jpg, School
Significant depictions in popular culture
* Dunaburg (Daugavpils) is one of the starting towns of the
State of the Teutonic Order in the turn-based strategy game
Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms.
See also
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Daugavpils Ice Arena
Notes
References
External links
Information portal
Information-entertaining portal
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The murder of the Jews of Daugavpilsduring
World War II, at
Yad Vashem website.
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Daugavpils City Government
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Holocaust locations in Latvia
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