Biography of Vilis Latsis


Gabriel Garcia Marquez Political Career with the beginning of the communist coup that occurred in the year, the writer’s political activity, who was chosen by the Minister of Internal Affairs under the People’s Government A. occupying this position, Latsis began to take decisive measures to clean some reactionary elements that worked at that time in the ministry.

In addition, it was Lacis that was the first ideological supporter of the transition of Latvia into the ranks of the Soviet Union. The years of the war, during which Vilis Latsis, being in Moscow, headed the government of the Latvian SSR in exile, were no doubt the most difficult in his career. Throughout his political activity, Latsis has repeatedly taken, sometimes, radical measures to expel Kulakov and other enemies of the people from Latvia to Siberia, of which there were over 50 thousand people.

The presentation of prizes for creative achievements, the writer's contradictory political moods affected his work. By publishing some of his novels, Latsis had to carefully monitor the ideological orientation of his work, making, with the consent of the Soviet censorship, the necessary editing. Nevertheless, this did not prevent him from printing his most outstanding literary work in the year-the epic novel “The Storm”, who narrated about the struggle of the Latvian people for the Soviet regime under the leadership of the Communist Party.

For his book, the author was awarded the Stalinsky Prize of the second degree. This time, this time, Latsis received another award, three years later, after the publication of the novel “To the New Bank”, which, however, was at first perceived in the bayonets of some Soviet critics who looked at Lacis’s sympathy for kulaki in the book. Important political positions and the last written novel E years passed for Vilis Latsis under a sign of increased political activity.

Within 4 years from the GG. Seven times he was awarded Lenin Orders, was awarded the Order of the Emergencies Autonomous Okrug. Latsis made the decision to resign in the fall of the year, leaving the post of chairman of the Council of Ministers. This allowed him to fully focus on the literature and publish his last literary creation “after bad weather”, which saw the light in the year.

A prominent Latvian writer and politician on February 6 in Riga died. Various streets and educational institutions in the territories of Latvia and Russia are named after him today. For us, the relevance and reliability of information is important. If you find an error or inaccuracy, please tell us.

Biography of Vilis Latsis