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  1. Complete the sentence about Latvian language with the correct year: The oldest preserved book in Latvian is a ______ Catholic catechism of Petrus Canisius currently located at the Uppsala University L…
  2. Complete the sentence about Latgalian language with the correct year: After the repeal of the ban in ______, there was a quick rebirth of the Latgalian literary tradition; first newspapers, textbooks…
  3. Complete the sentence about Latgalian language with the correct year: In ______ Latgale became part of the newly created Latvian state.
  4. Complete the sentence about Latgalian language with the correct year: Since the restoration of Latvian independence in ______, there has been a noticeable increase in interest in the Latgalian languag…
  5. Complete the sentence about Livonians with the correct year: In ______, there were 250 people who claimed Livonian ethnicity in Latvia.
  6. Complete the sentence about Livonians with the correct year: After Meinhard, a German who was the first Bishop of Livonia, died in ______, his place was taken by Berthold of Hanover.
  7. Complete the sentence about Livonians with the correct year: The first took place in ______, but he was forced to retreat to Germany after being ambushed near Salaspils.
  8. Complete the sentence about Latvian alphabet with the correct year: In ______ the German priest Georg Mancelius tried to systematize the writing.
  9. Complete the sentence about Latvian literature with the correct year: Alunans' volume of poetry was published in ______, the same year as Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal, the starting point of…
  10. Complete the sentence about Latvian literature with the correct year: The national epic, Lāčplēsis, published in ______ was written by Andrejs Pumpurs.
  11. Complete the sentence about Latvian literature with the correct year: In ______ with the beginning of first period of Independence, modern literature began to emerge.
  12. Complete the sentence about Latvian cuisine with the correct year: In ______, curd snack Kārums was voted the favorite product of Latvian consumers, receiving 20% of votes.
  13. Complete the sentence about Rupjmaize with the correct year: The first written references to Latvian rye bread are found in a recipes book dating back to ______.
  14. Complete the sentence about Riga Black Balsam with the correct year: In ______, Semyon Leluchin, a merchant from Vyazma, Russia, obtained a patent for the balsam's production and sales.
  15. Complete the sentence about Līgo with the correct year: Since ______, Balthasar Russow wrote in his Chronicle of Livonia, that "All over the great land by Fire of Jāņi happened a great joyous dancing…
  16. Complete the sentence about Līgo with the correct year: When, in ______, Johann Steinhauer, a rich Latvian mast selector, bought part of Zasumuiža, it began a Herbal Eve celebration tradition.
  17. Complete the sentence about Dievs, svētī Latviju with the correct year: The music and lyrics were written in ______ by Kārlis Baumanis, a teacher who was part of the Young Latvian nationalist movement…
  18. Complete the sentence about Flag of Latvia with the correct year: After the Soviet Union invaded and occupied Latvia in ______, its use was suppressed by the Soviet government.
  19. Complete the sentence about Flag of Latvia with the correct year: On 27 February ______, shortly before Latvia regained independence, the government re-adopted the traditional red-white-red flag.
  20. Complete the sentence about Flag of Latvia with the correct year: Though officially adopted in ______, the Latvian flag was used as early as the 13th century, according to the Rhymed Chronicle of Livo…
  21. Complete the sentence about Coat of arms of Latvia with the correct year: Previously, after the proclamation of the independence of Latvia, an emblem was adopted by the People's Council of Latvia on 6…
  22. Complete the sentence about Coat of arms of Latvia with the correct year: The Latvian coat of arms was restored once again on 15 February ______.
  23. Complete the sentence about Latvian Song and Dance Festival with the correct year: Since ______, a distinct Latvian School Youth Song and Dance Festival has been held in an alternate five-year cycle…
  24. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Only once has the festival been held outside Riga, in Jelgava in ______.
  25. Complete the sentence about Latvian Song and Dance Festival with the correct year: Beginning in ______, Edgars Račevskis was the chief conductor for the festival.
  26. Complete the sentence about Baltic song festivals with the correct year: The first Estonian Song Festival took place in Tartu in ______ at the initiative of publisher Johann Voldemar Jannsen.
  27. Complete the sentence about Latvian mythology with the correct year: After the Soviet re-occupation of Latvia in ______, research into mythology and especially religious concepts was banned in Latvia.
  28. Complete the sentence about Latvian folklore with the correct year: After the Republic of Latvia was proclaimed in ______, Latvian-language institutions and professional networks expanded in literatur…
  29. Complete the sentence about Latvian folklore with the correct year: The radio song poll Mikrofona aptauja was drawn into political mobilisation in ______, when its winning song called for freedom for…
  30. Complete the sentence about Dievturība with the correct year: Dievturība was systematized in ______ by Ernests Brastiņš and Kārlis Bregžis.
  31. Complete the sentence about Dievturība with the correct year: Bregžis had signed the registration document for the original organisation, and Brastiņš registered his own parallel organisation already…
  32. Complete the sentence about Dievturība with the correct year: After ______, Dievturība largely became associated with Brastiņš' name.
  33. Complete the sentence about Dievturība with the correct year: With the Soviet occupation of Latvia in ______, the movement was suppressed and scattered.
  34. Complete the sentence about Latvian Orthodox Church with the correct year: Until ______, the Latvian Orthodox Church was universally recognized as a self-governing part of the Russian Orthodox Church.
  35. Complete the sentence about Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia with the correct year: The independent Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia was established in ______.
  36. Complete the sentence about Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest with the correct year: Latvia won the contest in ______, with the song "I Wanna" by Marie N, defeating Malta by 12 points.
  37. Complete the sentence about Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest with the correct year: The country achieved its third top 10 result in ______, when "The War Is Not Over" by Walters and Kazha finishe…
  38. Complete the sentence about Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the correct year: Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, and Poland were relegated due to their poor results in ______.
  39. Complete the sentence about Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the correct year: Despite finishing in joint 18th place with the Netherlands in ______, tiebreaking rules put Latvia higher due to receivi…
  40. Complete the sentence about Marie N with the correct year: In ______, she won the Eurovision Song Contest for Latvia with her song "I Wanna".
  41. Complete the sentence about Marie N with the correct year: Naumova was discovered by famous Latvian musician Raimonds Pauls in ______ and after a year she performed on TV in searches for talent.
  42. Complete the sentence about Marie N with the correct year: In ______, she performed in a concert celebrating the 100 years jubilee of George Gershwin.
  43. Complete the sentence about Marie N with the correct year: In March ______ she performed on stage in concerts with famous Latvian musicians, and one of those concerts was recorded on CD.
  44. Complete the sentence about Marie N with the correct year: Naumova's first solo album, which was completely in Russian, was released in ______.
  45. Complete the sentence about Marie N with the correct year: In ______ Latvia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time.
  46. Complete the sentence about Marie N with the correct year: In ______, she again participated in the Latvian preselection, singing "Hey Boy Follow Me", which was voted public favourite but was not chos…
  47. Complete the sentence about Renārs Kaupers with the correct year: Kaupers graduated from University of Latvia in ______ with a degree in journalism.
  48. Complete the sentence about Aminata Savadogo with the correct year: Savadogo was born in Riga on 9 January ______ to a mother of Latvian and Russian descent, and a Burkinabe father.
  49. Complete the sentence about Intars Busulis with the correct year: Wider recognition came from participation in a band called "Caffe", in ______.
  50. Complete the sentence about Laima Vaikule with the correct year: In ______, Laima Vaikule made her first hit in the Soviet Union.
  51. Complete the sentence about Laima Vaikule with the correct year: In August ______, while touring in Odesa, Vaikule said that she would not perform in Crimea, regardless of the fee offered to her.
  52. Complete the sentence about Laima Vaikule with the correct year: In February ______, she condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  53. Complete the sentence about Raimonds Pauls with the correct year: In ______, Raimonds was admitted to the Secondary Musical School of Emīls Dārziņš, combining his studies at the elementary school for…
  54. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, he finished his studies at Riga's 7th Elementary School.
  55. Complete the sentence about Raimonds Pauls with the correct year: In ______, he was elected a Member of the Saeima, the Latvian parliament, initially as leader of the New Party.
  56. Complete the sentence about Mariss Jansons with the correct year: In ______, Arvīds was appointed assistant conductor to Yevgeny Mravinsky at the Leningrad Philharmonic.
  57. Complete the sentence about Mariss Jansons with the correct year: In ______, Herbert von Karajan visited the Soviet Union, and he singled out Jansons and Dmitri Kitayenko from a group of young conduct…
  58. Complete the sentence about Mariss Jansons with the correct year: In ______, Jansons continued his training with Hans Swarowsky in Vienna, and then in Salzburg with Karajan.
  59. Complete the sentence about Mariss Jansons with the correct year: In ______, Jansons won the second prize at the "Herbert von Karajan" International Conducting Competition.
  60. Complete the sentence about Mariss Jansons with the correct year: In ______, Jansons was appointed associate conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra.
  61. Complete the sentence about Andris Nelsons with the correct year: Nelsons counted Jansons as a mentor and began conducting studies with him in ______.
  62. Complete the sentence about Andris Nelsons with the correct year: In ______, Nelsons became principal conductor of the Latvian National Opera.
  63. Complete the sentence about Gidon Kremer with the correct year: From ______, Kremer studied with David Oistrakh at the Moscow Conservatory.
  64. Complete the sentence about Gidon Kremer with the correct year: In ______, he won third prize at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels.
  65. Complete the sentence about Gidon Kremer with the correct year: In ______, Kremer founded the Kremerata Baltica chamber orchestra, composed of young players from the Baltic region.
  66. Complete the sentence about Kristine Opolais with the correct year: In ______, she made her debut at The Proms in London's Royal Albert Hall, singing arias by Verdi and Tchaikovsky, with the City of B…
  67. Complete the sentence about Kristine Opolais with the correct year: In February and March ______, she appeared as Rusalka in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Dvořák's opera.
  68. Complete the sentence about Elīna Garanča with the correct year: By ______ she had won first place in the Mirjam Helin Singing Competition in Helsinki and had begun a career in Europe.
  69. Complete the sentence about Elīna Garanča with the correct year: Garanča began her professional career at the Meiningen Court Theatre, Meiningen, Germany in ______, and later worked at the Frankfurt O…
  70. Complete the sentence about Elīna Garanča with the correct year: In ______, she won the Mirjam Helin Singing Competition in Helsinki, Finland.
  71. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, she returned to La clemenza di Tito, this time singing the part of Sesto.
  72. Complete the sentence about Elīna Garanča with the correct year: On 12 January ______ Garanča made her company and house debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, in the role of Rosina in Rossini's…
  73. Complete the sentence about Sergei Eisenstein with the correct year: Julia left Riga in the year of the ______ Russian Revolution, taking Sergei with her to Saint Petersburg.
  74. Complete the sentence about Sergei Eisenstein with the correct year: In ______, he left school and joined the Red Army to participate in the Russian Civil War, although his father Mikhail supported th…
  75. Complete the sentence about Sergei Eisenstein with the correct year: In ______, Sergei was transferred to a command position in Minsk, after success in providing propaganda for the October Revolution.
  76. Complete the sentence about Mikhail Eisenstein with the correct year: Eizenstein converted to the Russian Orthodox Church in ______ and became a devout Christian.
  77. Complete the sentence about Mikhail Eisenstein with the correct year: In ______ he married Yulia Ivanovna Konetskaya, who came from a prosperous non-Jewish family in Saint Petersburg.
  78. Complete the sentence about Mihails Tāls with the correct year: Tal made his first significant appearance at the ______ USSR Chess Championship, sharing 5th–7th place with Lev Polugaevsky and Ratmir K…
  79. Complete the sentence about Aron Nimzowitsch with the correct year: In ______, he travelled to Berlin to study philosophy, but set aside his studies soon and began a career as a professional chess pla…
  80. Complete the sentence about Aron Nimzowitsch with the correct year: During the ______ Russian Revolution, Nimzowitsch was in the Baltic war zone.
  81. Complete the sentence about Aron Nimzowitsch with the correct year: Nimzowitsch eventually moved to Copenhagen in ______, where he lived for the rest of his life in one small rented room.
  82. Complete the sentence about Alexei Shirov with the correct year: In ______, Shirov's ranking rose again, to number four in the PCA rating list.
  83. Complete the sentence about Alexei Shirov with the correct year: When Kasparov instead played Kramnik for Kasparov's world title in ______, Shirov maintained that the match was invalid and he was the…
  84. Complete the sentence about Alexei Shirov with the correct year: In ______, Shirov reached the final of the FIDE World Chess Championship, losing 3½–½ to Viswanathan Anand.
  85. Complete the sentence about Latvian National Opera with the correct year: The ballet artistic director since ______ has been Aivars Leimanis.
  86. Complete the sentence about Latvian cinema with the correct year: Cinemas of Latvia date back to ______ when the first short films were made.
  87. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The first cinematic screening in Riga took place on May 28, ______.
  88. Complete the sentence about Latvian cinema with the correct year: By ______, all major cities in Latvia had cinemas where newsreels, documentaries, and mostly foreign-made short films were screened.
  89. Complete the sentence about Latvian cinema with the correct year: Two years after cinema was invented by the Lumiere brothers, on 22 January ______, Sergei Eisenstein was born in Riga.
  90. Complete the sentence about Latvian cinema with the correct year: The first Latvian feature film Lāčplēsis directed by Aleksandrs Rusteiķis was released in ______.
  91. Complete the sentence about Latvian cinema with the correct year: After the death of Stalin in ______, a more liberal period in the Soviet Union's cultural policies followed.
  92. Complete the sentence about Jānis Rozentāls with the correct year: In the spring of ______ Rozentāls acquired a plot of land on Striķu St. and built an art studio.
  93. Complete the sentence about Jānis Rozentāls with the correct year: After travelling back from an exhibition that took place in Moscow, the artist became ill and died on December 26, ______, in his Hel…
  94. Complete the sentence about Jānis Rozentāls with the correct year: In the year of ______ the Janis Rozentāls Art Highschool in Riga was named in the artist's honor.
  95. Complete the sentence about Vilhelms Purvītis with the correct year: In ______, Purvītis, Rozentāls, and Valter took a study trip across Europe, and his paintings were exhibited in Berlin, Munich, Par…
  96. Complete the sentence about Vilhelms Purvītis with the correct year: In ______ he returned to Riga and started to give private lessons in painting.
  97. Complete the sentence about Vilhelms Purvītis with the correct year: In ______ he traveled to Spitzbergen in Norway to study the painting of snow.
  98. Complete the sentence about Vilhelms Purvītis with the correct year: After the Revolution of ______ Purvītis traveled to Tallinn where he worked as a drawing teacher in a local Realschule.
  99. Complete the sentence about Vilhelms Purvītis with the correct year: In ______ Purvītis returned to Riga and became director of a Riga City Art School.
  100. Complete the sentence about Vilhelms Purvītis with the correct year: After the First World War started in ______, Riga city art school was evacuated to St.

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