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the Indrikis chronicles are the oldest written history of Latvia and Estonia ?
the Satversme is intended to hold together all other laws in Latvia ?
the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area in northern British Columbia is 6.4 million hectares; about the size of Latvia ?
the Freedom Monument (pictured ) in Riga , Latvia , features a woman lifting three stars, the emblem of a united Latvia?
the first stone building in Latvia was a church and a fortress of Ikšķile built by missionary Saint Meinhard in 1185–1186?
the final results of the 1940 elections to the People's Parliaments in Estonia , Latvia , and Lithuania were published in London before the voting booths closed?
the pored mushroom Gyrodon lividus (pictured) has been found associated with alder trees in such diverse places as California , Latvia , and Japan ?
on July 1, 2009, Nils Ušakovs became the first Russian mayor of Riga since Latvia 's restoration of sovereignty in 1991?
Latvian composer Jāzeps Vītols was a professor at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory (pictured) , where he taught Nikolai Myaskovsky and Sergei Prokofiev ?
"My Star " was the first song that Latvia entered into the Eurovision Song Contest , making them the last of the Baltic states to debut at Eurovision ?
Ronald McDonald 's costume and make-up were created in 1966 by Latvian -born clown Michael Polakovs , better known as Coco the Clown?
Saints Boris and Gleb Cathedral (pictured) , the main and biggest Orthodox church in Latvia , can receive 5,000 visitors?
at least 3,000 Vendel Age burial mounds in Grobiņa , Latvia indicate the existence of a prosperous Viking colony there?
"Dziesma Par Laimi " is the only Latvian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest to be performed in Latvian ?
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