Russian study abroad experience

Daugavpils: Pictures from the Past and Present

It’s been more than 700 years since Daugavpils was founded and granted a status of the city. Both the city itself and its architecture have changed dramatically. We’re going to show you the pictures of Daugavpils so you can see how the city looked like in the past and today. Daugavpils Pedagogical Institute in 1964. […]

0%

Daugavpils: Pictures from the Past and Present

Russian study abroad experience

Daugavpils: Pictures from the Past and Present

It’s been more than 700 years since Daugavpils was founded and granted a status of the city. Both the city itself and its architecture have changed dramatically. We’re going to show you the pictures of Daugavpils so you can see how the city looked like in the past and today.

Daugavpils Pedagogical Institute in 1964.

Daugavpils Pedagogical Institute in 1964

Daugavpils University today.

Daugavpils University today

Hotel “Latvia” on the central square Vienibas in 1970.

Hotel "Latvia" on the central square Vienibas

 Hotel “Latgola” on the central square Vienibas today.

 Hotel "Latgola" on the central square Vienibas today.

Lenin Streen in 1964.

Lenin Streen in 1964

Rigas Street today.

Rigas Street today

Open-Air Stage in 1959.

Open-Air Stage in 1959

Open-Air Stage today.

Open-Air Stage today

Coach Station in 1960.

Coach Station in 1960

Coach Station today.

Coach Station today.

Daugavpils Palace of Culture in 1970.

Daugavpils Palace of Culture in 1970

Daugavpils Palace of Culture today.

Daugavpils Palace of Culture today

We hope you’ll like the pictures of Daugavpils.

You may be interested

ALL POSTS
News and interesting facts

Why do people speak Russian in Daugavpils?

As it seems to us, Daugavpils is the best place to learn Russian now, because our city is situated in the EU and NATO, but at the same time 90% of the city’s population speak Russian at home.

Learn more
Research publications

ЭТЮД О ДВИНСКЕ

Etude on Dvinsk by F.Fedorov

The Baltic region is one of the most catastrophe prone regions of the 2nd millennium, especially its second part; it is the centre of attraction of ‘geopolitical’ interests of the European world. Probably the most tragic fate has befallen to the eastern part of the present Latvia and its multi-titled town of Dinaburg – Dvinsk – Daugavpils. During its 730 years long history, the town went through five rather autonomous periods of development, five different lives (German, Polish, Russian, Latvian, Soviet), and at the beginning of the 1990s it entered into the 6th period.

The history of Dinaburg – Dvinsk – Daugavpils is the history of five attempts by the town to begin its life anew; and this is determined not only by the fact that the town was four times burned down and had to start life from scratch, but first and foremost because each of these periods was characterized by a total change of ethnos and the socio-cultural field.

The present article deals with the cultural space of the town in one of the most efficient periods of its development – from the 1860s till World War I.

Learn more