His parents, Ansis and Ingrid, were both refugees who left Latvia in 1944.
An armistice was signed at Strazdumuiža, under the terms of which the Germans had to leave Latvia.
Baltia is largely the creation of Mr. Dmitrowsky, 37 years old, who left Latvia 15 years ago.
He however refused to leave Latvia.
He left Latvia after World War II and came to the United States in 1950.
The last Russian troops left Estonia and Latvia last week.
After unsuccessful court proceedings, all three Slivenkos left Latvia, leaving there the parents of T. Slivenko.
The people are protesting, leaving Latvia, announcing indefinite hunger strikes or offering to sell their internal organs in order to get money to keep their families.
We'd find them, unload everything we had left, leave Latvia and the continent, and head home.
Two effects of this policy were to discourage artistic freedom and encourage artists such as Peka to leave Latvia.