Title
The Latvian Purges of 1959: A Revision Study
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2004
Abstract
Using research from the Latvian State Archive, personal interviews with former Latvian national communist Eduards Berklavs, and memoirs of Party leaders, this article discusses the events surrounding the Latvian purges of 1959. Newly discovered information challenges previous assumptions that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ordered the ouster of the Berklavs faction. Instead, as will be demonstrated, the national communists were purged by the Stalinist old guard and Russian military in Latvia, despite Khrushchev's objection. The purpose of this article is to reexamine relations between the republic and centre, Kremlin politics and its effect on Latvia.
Publication Title
Journal of Baltic Studies
Volume
35
Issue
3
First Page
211
Last Page
230
DOI of Published Version
10.1080/01629770400000081
Recommended Citation
Prigge, Will, "The Latvian Purges of 1959: A Revision Study" (2004). School of American and Global Studies Faculty Publications with a Focus on History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion. 1.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/hppr_pubs/1