<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia" id="mwAVE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Latvia">Latvia</a> declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.<sup about="#mwt84" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-15"}}' id="cite_ref-15" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_21#cite_note-15" id="mwAVI" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 15;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAVM">[15]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-15"><cite about="#mwt81" class="citation web cs1" id="mwB1U"><a class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Latvia" id="mwB1Y" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Latvia | History - Geography"</a>. <i id="mwB1c">Encyclopedia Britannica</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB1g">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB1k">17 June</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt81" class="Z3988" id="mwB1o" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Encyclopedia+Britannica&amp;rft.atitle=Latvia+%7C+History+-+Geography&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fplace%2FLatvia&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+21"></span></span>