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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
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659:Order of the White Rose
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319:Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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249:trader Nikolai Munter (
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378:ing. chem.)
314:) factory.
312:Треугольник
279:World War I
158:Independent
144:Nationality
134:Latvian SSR
61:Preceded by
1167:Categories
1118:Literature
1106:2022-07-21
1076:2022-01-02
972:2022-07-08
941:2012-07-15
913:References
351:lieutenant
267:gold medal
241:Early life
173:Alma mater
101:1898-07-25
1050:257225356
1042:2500-9974
547:, titled
386:Uzbek SSR
304:‹See Tfd›
236:Biography
195:‹See Tfd›
39:In office
623:Aizsargi
541:Pārdomas
529:Izvestia
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