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Par Latvijas Universitātes tapšanu 1919. gada septembra preses publikācijās
2022
The author of the article is a 1st year student of the Bachelor's study program at the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia (UL) and a scholarship holder of the University of Latvia Foundation, whose interests include historical research and public activity within the framework of patriotism. The author has carried out research on the press coverage of the founding of the UL in September 1919, when a decisive event in the history of the Latvian state - the Latvian War of Independence (1918-1920) - took place. The article provides an opportunity to learn new, innovative facts and research directions for future work by other scholarship holders of the UL Foundation or specialists in the…
Mind the Gap: The Big House in Cinematic Representations of the Anglo-Irish War
2018
It goes without saying that the Big House was intended to be a symbol: as more than one critic has remarked, these houses really were only “big” in comparison to the poverty of the lesser structures that surrounded them. They were to be a bastion for British and Anglo-Irish culture and a center for social and administrative interactions. In this sense, they straddled the gap between the towns of Dublin and London, whence their power came, and the villages to whom they administered: it is no coincidence that these garrisons of British power bore the brunt of Republican anger during the Troubles of 1919-1921. Examining two of the rare films to focus on the War of Independence from the perspec…
Latvijas armijas neregulārās karaspēka vienības Neatkarības kara laikā 1919.-1920.gadā
2020
Bakalaura darba mērķis ir izpētīt neregulārā karaspēka vienību jeb partizānu vienību un pulku darbību Neatkarības kara laikā, no 1919. gada marta līdz 1920. gadam janvārim. Partizāni sagādāja ievērojamas problēmas Padomju varas orgāniem Vidzemē, Ziemeļlatgalē un Augškurzemē, kas bija veicinošs iemesls Padomju varas sagrāvei, kā arī piedalījās austrumu frontes nostiprināšanā pēc Padomju varas atkāpšanās uz Latgali. Darbā galvenā uzmanība tiek vērsta uz vienību specifisko izveidošanos un sastāvu. Darbs ir sadalīts četrās nodaļās, kur pirmajā nodaļā tiek aplūkoti centrālie militārie procesi, un pārējās trīs nodaļas ir iedalītas attiecīgi pēc partizānu vienību un pulku atrašanās vietas, tas ir,…