Exploring The Forgotten World

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After the Soviet annexation of Latvia in 1939, the Soviet Red Army set up military bases over the next few years.

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Built in the 1960s

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There are Soviet traces around every corner; papers and posters from the late 1980s and early 1990s with Cyrillic text."

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At the end of a hallway

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Latvia Restores Independence

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Closed & Abandoned

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