Latvian Geography and Nature

Geography And Nature

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  1. Complete the sentence about Riga International Airport with the correct year: The airport was built in ______ as an alternative to Spilve Airport, which had become outdated.
  2. Complete the sentence about Riga International Airport with the correct year: In March ______, Uzbekistan Airways began a flight from Tashkent to New York City that stopped in Riga.
  3. Complete the sentence about Riga Motor Museum with the correct year: One of the most significant exhibits in the museum is a replica of the ______ Auto Union racing car Type C/D.
  4. Complete the sentence about Riga Motor Museum with the correct year: The original ______ car can now be admired in Audi's museum mobile in Ingolstadt.
  5. Complete the sentence about Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum with the correct year: In ______, the Latvian Council of Monuments signed an order to create the open-air museum in Riga.
  6. Complete the sentence about Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum with the correct year: In ______, the first building, a barn from Vestiena parish was relocated and rebuilt in the museum.
  7. Complete the sentence about Daugavpils Fortress with the correct year: Construction of the fortress, due to Napoleon's invasion, lengthy delays, serious floodings and slow construction work, was fully…
  8. Complete the sentence about Aglona with the correct year: The church and monastery were founded by the Dominican fathers in ______.
  9. Complete the sentence about Aglona with the correct year: In ______, the church celebrated its 200th anniversary and was officially given the status of a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II.
  10. Complete the sentence about Aglona with the correct year: In ______, it was the site of celebration of the 800th anniversary of Christianity in Latvia.
  11. Complete the sentence about Hill of Crosses with the correct year: When the old political structure of Eastern Europe fell apart in ______, Lithuania once again declared its independence.
  12. Complete the sentence about Hill of Crosses with the correct year: In May ______, Šiauliai District Municipality adopted rules regarding the placement of crosses.
  13. Complete the sentence about Mežotne Palace with the correct year: In ______, Emperor Paul I of Russia turned it into the hereditary estate of the Lieven family.
  14. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______ she was raised by Nicholas I of Russia to a princess.
  15. Complete the sentence about Mežotne Palace with the correct year: The construction of the manor house was started in ______ under the guidance of the architect Johann Georg Adam Berlitz.
  16. Complete the sentence about Mežotne Palace with the correct year: In ______ she accompanied Empress Maria Feodorovna on her journey to Germany and on 2 September arrived in Mežotne.
  17. Complete the sentence about Mežotne Palace with the correct year: The house suffered severe damage in ______, when it was looted by the warlord Pavel Bermondt-Avalov's troops.
  18. Complete the sentence about Mežotne Palace with the correct year: In ______, Prince Anatol Lieven was dispossessed of the estate as a result of the Latvian government's agrarian reform.
  19. Complete the sentence about Ērgļi with the correct year: From ______ the area belonged to the Order of the Brothers of the Sword and later to the Archdiocese of Riga.
  20. Complete the sentence about Ērgļi with the correct year: After the Livonian War, the area fell to Poland-Lithuania then to Sweden and ______ to Russia.
  21. Complete the sentence about Ērgļi with the correct year: The village was built around the estate Erlaa and had in ______ 331 inhabitants.
  22. Complete the sentence about Ērgļi with the correct year: During the Second World War, the village was in the combat zone in ______ and was completely destroyed.
  23. Complete the sentence about Ērgļi with the correct year: Until ______, the town was the terminus of the Riga-Ērgļi railway.
  24. Complete the sentence about Līvāni with the correct year: The first documentary evidence of a fortified settlement called Dubna dates back to a later period, ______.
  25. Complete the sentence about Līvāni with the correct year: The beginnings of Līvāni as we know it today are related to ______, when the local German landlord Lieven founded here a hamlet and named it a…
  26. Complete the sentence about Dzintari with the correct year: In ______, an outdoor stage for concerts was built, later known as Edinburgh Well-house Concert Hall.
  27. Complete the sentence about Dzintari with the correct year: In ______, the Dzintari neighborhood was added to the Cultural Heritage list.
  28. Complete the sentence about Saulkrasti with the correct year: In ______ the Neibāde territory formed next to Ķīšupe River and was mostly Vidzeme's noblemen recreation and swimming spot that became qui…
  29. Complete the sentence about Saulkrasti with the correct year: In ______ Katrīnbāde swimming spot formed as Pabaži Manor estate was divided into summerhouse territories.
  30. Complete the sentence about Carnikava with the correct year: The area was first mentioned in Livonian Chronicle of Henry in ______ as a summoning place of Livonian troops under the name of Coywemunde…
  31. Complete the sentence about Karosta with the correct year: The base was built because, when the Hohenzollern Kingdom of Prussia merged into the German Empire in ______, Nimmersatt became its northeast…
  32. Complete the sentence about Karosta with the correct year: When the Soviet Union military left Latvia in ______ after the restoration of Latvian independence, Karosta became largely uninhabited and mo…
  33. Complete the sentence about Karosta with the correct year: In ______, Ivory Tower Pictures produced a television documentary called Karosta: Life After the USSR directed by Peter King.
  34. Complete the sentence about Latvia with the correct year: The country became increasingly autocratic after the coup in ______ established the dictatorship of Kārlis Ulmanis.
  35. Complete the sentence about Geography of Latvia with the correct year: As recently as ______, the USSR granted Russia the Abrene region, which Latvia contested after the dissolution of the Soviet Unio…
  36. Complete the sentence about Municipalities of Latvia with the correct year: The current administrative division of Latvia came into force on 1 July ______.
  37. Complete the sentence about Ludza Castle with the correct year: In ______ the Russians invaded Livonia, occupied and devastated the castle.
  38. Complete the sentence about Ludza Castle with the correct year: At the start of the Livonian War in ______, German troops attacked Krasnij Gorodok and destroyed a number of parishes in Pskov.
  39. Complete the sentence about Ludza Castle with the correct year: In ______ Livonia was once again invaded by Russian troops under the guidance of Ivan IV Vasilyevich and the castle was sacked.
  40. Complete the sentence about Ludza Castle with the correct year: The following year the Order had Ludza castle with some others in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania mortgaged, and in ______ asked the castle…
  41. Complete the sentence about Ludza Castle with the correct year: In ______ the castle returned to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
  42. Complete the sentence about Ludza Castle with the correct year: During the Polish-Swedish War in ______ the Swedish army occupied the castle, but the Polish-Lithuania Commonwealth soon got it back.
  43. Complete the sentence with the correct year: A military hospital of the Red Army was placed here after August ______.
  44. Complete the sentence about Krustpils Castle with the correct year: The first written reference of the Krustpils dates from ______, when the Archbishop of Riga built a castle named Kreutz.
  45. Complete the sentence about Krustpils Castle with the correct year: In ______, the Livonian order took seven castles belonging to the Riga Archbishopric, being Krustpils among them.
  46. Complete the sentence about Krustpils Castle with the correct year: Krustpils castle together with other buildings of this complex was transferred to the Latvian army after ______.
  47. Complete the sentence about Koknese with the correct year: The formal sovereignty of Polotsk was finally revoked in ______.
  48. Complete the sentence about Koknese with the correct year: The Order then controlled the town until its transference in ______ to the bishops of Riga.
  49. Complete the sentence about Koknese with the correct year: The town became the summer residence of the Archbishop of Riga in ______ and the primary residence in the 16th century.
  50. Complete the sentence about Koknese with the correct year: The castle was frequently a source of dispute between the bishops and the von Tiesenhausen family, which it had been granted to as a fief in…
  51. Complete the sentence about Koknese with the correct year: The town, known in German as Kokenhusen, received its town privileges in ______.
  52. Complete the sentence about Koknese Castle with the correct year: In ______, during the Great Northern War, Koknese was blown up by retreating forces to avoid the strategic castle falling into advanci…
  53. Complete the sentence about Koknese Castle with the correct year: In ______ Bishop Albert of Riga ordered the construction of a stone castle at the site, naming it Kokenhusen.
  54. Complete the sentence about Koknese Castle with the correct year: For the first 50 years of its existence, Koknese was solely used as a defensive fort, but by ______, Koknese had enough population to…
  55. Complete the sentence about Likteņdārzs with the correct year: The construction of the Garden of Destiny started in ______ supervised by the Koknese Foundation set up the same year.
  56. Which place completes this sentence about Jūrmala? During World War II, Jūrmala lost its autonomy, and by 1946, it was a district of ______.
  57. Which place completes this sentence about Jūrmala? In 1906, the first synagogue was built under the initiative of Mordechai Lezhik, a Jewish shoemaker and military veteran, with the support of Jewish…
  58. Which place completes this sentence about Tukums? The oldest part is today's ______ Street that originated at the river named Zvirgzdupite where there used to be a castle mound with a wooden castle.
  59. Which place completes this sentence about Tukums? At the time, a new trade route was built from Tukums to ______, the capital of Duchy of Courland and Semigallia.
  60. Which place completes this sentence about Salaspils? The town is situated on the northern bank of the Daugava river, 18 kilometers to the south-east of the city of ______.
  61. Which place completes this sentence about Bauska? Between 1812 and 1914, Bauska enjoyed a period of stability, and grew as a trade centre between ______ and Lithuania.
  62. Which place completes this sentence about Limbaži? During the Middle Ages, as part of Livonia, Limbaži was a fortified town with stone walls, second in importance only to ______.
  63. Which place completes this sentence about Pāvilosta? Pāvilosta became the main hub for transporting stone to the ______.
  64. Which place completes this sentence about Gauja? In this part, the Gauja River flows through the Gauja Valley, which is between 1 and 2.5 km wide, and the maximum depth near ______ is 85 m.
  65. Which place completes this sentence about Abava? Built in 1940 as part of a planned railway between ______ and Kuldiga, it was completed but the railway linkage construction was halted by World War II…
  66. Which place completes this sentence about Ogre River? The 188 kilometers long ______ is a right tributary of the river Daugava.
  67. Which place completes this sentence about Lake Liepāja? In 2008, a nature protection plan for Lake ______ was developed by the Grontmij Carl Bro company.
  68. Which place completes this sentence about Lake Liepāja? Historically, Lake ______ was connected with Lake Tosmare by Vernen Creek, but in the 20th century the creek was filled in.
  69. Which place completes this sentence about Gauja National Park? Hiking in the ______ area with walking-sticks goes back as far as the 19th century.
  70. Which place completes this sentence about Kurzeme? Courland's largest city is ______, which is the third largest city in Latvia.
  71. Which place completes this sentence about Cēsis Castle? As a result of the grandiose reconstruction ______ became one of the largest and mightiest castles of the Teutonic Order.
  72. Which place completes this sentence about Ērgļi? Ērgļi castle on ______ river was one of the largest castles of Latgale.
  73. Which place completes this sentence about Municipalities of Latvia? On 1 June 2021, the Constitutional Court of Latvia ruled that the annexation of Varakļāni Municipality to ______ Municipality was un…
  74. Which place completes this sentence about Municipalities of Latvia? On 30 June 2024 the Saeima decreed that Varakļāni Municipality will be merged into ______ Municipality immediately after the 2025 La…
  75. Which place completes this sentence about Municipalities of Latvia? Varakļāni Municipality officially ceased to exist on 1 July 2025 with the first session of the new ______ Municipality Council.
  76. Which place completes this sentence about Municipalities of Latvia? The 2020 law on administrative territories and populated areas designated ______ and the previous nine republic cities as state citi…

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