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Russo Baltique in honour of Latvia’s national day.
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I thought those were Russian? Super cool car either way.
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built in Riga.
mind you back it was 1909 when they started , so maybe under Russian control then?
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That would make sense. We’ll call it Slavic.
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Even though the Latvians aren’t Slav but never mind...
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Really? Weird. What are they then?
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They’re a Baltic ethnic group as are the Lithuanians. The two languages are related and at one time were mutually intelligible.
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Interesting, I didn’t know that. I’m guessing Lithuania veered away culturally from Latvia during the time of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?