1940 was not the first time that Latvia played enforced host to the Russian/ Soviet bear. In 1710 Russia, under Tsar Peter I (Peter the Great), defeated Sweden in the Great Northern War and took control of both Latvia and Estonia from Sweden. Peter is reputed to have personally launched the first shells in the siege of Riga, in November 1709. Russia held Latvia for over two hundred years, until WWI. Continue reading “Peter I Was Here – And Still Is, Secretly!”
The Rambling Wombat 