Latvietis

In this cartoon film Janis Cicermanis has tried to show history of Latvia from the Stone Age up to now.

The order of appearance:
1201 Bishop Albert
1577 Ivan the terrible
- Martin Luther
1700 Charles XII of Sweden
1721 Peter the Great
1764 Catherine II of Russia
1917 Vladimir Lenin
1918 Independence
1940 Soviet occupation
- German occupation
1945 Soviet liberation
1945-53 Stalins cult of Personality
1961 Nikita Khrushchev
- Leonid Brezhnev
1991 Independence

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• animation
• latvia
• lettland
• latvija
• history
• dauka
• latvietis
• lettlander
• latvian
• cartoon
• Janis
• Cicermanis

[Asehpe]

I don't understand who the 'disappearing men in black' are who show up after the second occupation by the USSR... Are they KGB agents?

[Woodenlegjoe]

MGB agents

[Lachausis]

Latvian red riflemen helped, but not Latvia as a country. Never as a country. Riflemen were just a small part of it. Neither communists, no Nazis ever supported our freedom and independence. So think before you talk bullshit about Latvia. We declared our neutrality prior to WWII, but no - communists had to invade and annex us. Nazis drafted Latvians for their dirty cause, so did the russians, although it was against the international agreements.

[WumpaLumpa]

That was sweet(Foarte frumos)

[Sundragonnet]

BEAUTIFUL HISTORY OF LATVIA,PICTURESQUE.THE BEST REGARDS FROM POLAND.MARK

[rembo568]

Puikus ,taiklus filmukas,dzivuok Latvia,dzivuokiet brali.....

[auntieSpam]

if some wondering about 1:30

Janis Bargais roughly translates to Jon Stern.

early literature Latvianised the name as John Terrible

but the Soviet Latvian uses the Russian name Joan Rurikovičs

or you my know him as Ivan the Terrible

[osloboez]

@tupums15 Dude, just look at America... every country rewrites

[megatronlv]

Labaa filminja :D Veidotaajiem lielais pluss!

[Ricokz]

@hizman I know your comment is old, but if you still need answer, then no. Latvia is not a sucessor to anything. Livonia didn't belong to Latvians, it was a bunch of Baltic Germans enslaving the actual Latvian population.

[edza21]

@vladp72 How else would you describe the Russian ultimative "mutual aid" agreement for Latvia? Either take Latvia by force, or make sign Latvian leadership a contract and just took it anyway. At the time when the Latvian Song Festival was celebrated outside the capital USSR army came across the border, killing innocent family of border guards.

But why in hell anything of this should be commented under puppuet cartoon - I have no idea. :)

[tupums15]

@hizman There were skipped and altered many facts(in general the bad ones), anyway,that doesnt mean that this cartoon was garbage.Its common politics in nowadays(as it was in the past) to make cartoons like this one. Of course in those times name "latvian" didnt make much sense, but do you think that other countries doesnt make up their history?( and Latvia isnt the bigest rewriter of history- just look at russian history books). And at last- whats the point of proving latvian existence?

[Nonka06]

da izumitelno bravo Rejisor !!!!

zadumka klasss i realnost

[maxybbg]

Wheres the baltic road???