Proper noun
Latgale
A region of Latvia, in the eastern part of the country.
Aglona, in Latgale, has been the site of annual Catholic pilgrimage for centuries, even through to today. Source: Internet
Latvia's national parks are Gauja National Park in Vidzeme (since 1973), Ķemeri National Park in Zemgale (1997), Slītere National Park in Kurzeme (1999), and Rāzna National Park in Latgale (2007). Source: Internet
On March 3, 1918 Soviet Russia signed treaty of Brest-Litovsk with German Empire, by which Russia gave up Kurzeme and Vidzeme (but not Latgale). Source: Internet
Russification began in Latgale after the Polish led the January Uprising in 1863: this spread to the rest of what is now Latvia by the 1880s. Source: Internet
The extent of cultivated land surpassed the pre-war level already in 1923. citation Before the WWI some 2% of landowners owned 53% of land in Kurzeme and Vidzeme, in Latgale it was 38%. Source: Internet
It increasingly had to compete with some smaller farmer, catholic farmer and Latgale farmer parties which won more votes in each elections. Source: Internet