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Latvian SSR
The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, short: Latvian SSR (in Latvian: Latvijas PSR) was the name given on July 21, 1940 to the puppet state created during World War II in the territory of the previously independent Republic of Latvia after it had been occupied by the Soviet army on June 17, 1940 in conformity with the terms of August 23, 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The Latvian SSR was formally annexed into the Soviet Union (USSR) on August 5, 1940, when it nominally became the 15th constituent "republic" of the USSR.
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