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Description
Original roots of Latvian War museum are connected with events of the World War I on the territory of Latvia, with the creation of national military unit – the battalion of Latvian Riflemen had been a part of Russian Czar’s army in 1915. The museum started to work as Riflemen Museum in 1916.
In 1937 was started respectable Powder tower annex building, finished in 1940. New premises had no possibility to start working, due to Soviet Union occupied the Latvian territories on the 17th of June 1940. War museum of Latvia had been removed as well as all institutions in Latvia. Part of the museum collections have been lost, other part have been given to another museums and archives
The War museum has been recovered in 1990, due to beginning of Latvia independence restoration processes. The museum target is to open to the society complicate military-political history of Latvia, specially accentuate the 20th century, when Latvians had twice fought back their independence.
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