Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mmetụta nke Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact nke August 23, 1939 kenyere Latvia na mpaghara mmetụta Soviet. N'August 5, 1940, Soviet Union ji ike weghara Latvia. Na June 14, 1941, ụmụ amaala Latvia 15,000
A chụgara ha n'ogige ịta ahụhụ Gulag n'ike ma gbagbuo ọtụtụ ndị isi ndị agha.