Kraslava
Encyclopedia
Krāslava is a major town
in Krāslava municipality
, in the Latgalia region of eastern Latvia
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Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in Krāslava municipality
Krāslava municipality
Krāslava municipality is a municipality in Latgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2001 by merging Krāslava parish and Krāslava town. In 2009 it absorbed Auleja parish, Indra parish, Izvalta parish, Robežnieki parish, Kaplava parish, Kombuļi parish, Piedruja parish, Skaista parish and...
, in the Latgalia region of eastern Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
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History
- Krāslava was an important hillfort on the waterway from Variags to Greeks since early Middle Ages, part of the orthodox Principality of Jersika in 13th century.
- In 1558 was mentioned for the first time in written sources of Livonian Order.
- In 1676 the church was built by Jesuit OrderSociety of JesusThe Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
and Krāslava became the most northern located center of the Jesuit movement on the border with the areas dominated by Protestant and Orthodox churches. - In 1729 Count Ludvig Plater bought Krāslava. For nearly two centuries the Plater family determined Kraslava economical and cultural life.
- Craftmen from PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
and GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in co-operation with local people organized the production of carpets, velvet, silk and cotton material, weapons, jewellery and other goods. The goods were in demand at the four Kraslava fairs and also exported to CourlandCourlandCourland is one of the historical and cultural regions of Latvia. The regions of Semigallia and Selonia are sometimes considered as part of Courland.- Geography and climate :...
, Poland and Germany. - Between 1757 and 1842 Krāslava was home for the Roman Catholic Seminarium, the first educational institution in Latgale region.
Prominent residents
- Sculptor Naum Aronson (1872-1943)
- PhilosopherPhilosophyPhilosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
Nikolai LosskyNikolai LosskyNikolay Onufriyevich Lossky was a Russian philosopher, representative of Russian idealism, intuitionism, personalism, libertarianism, ethics, Axiology , and his philosophy he called intuitive-personalism. Born in Latvia, he spent his working life in St. Petersburg, New York and Paris... - Writer and philosopher Konstantin RaudiveKonstantin RaudiveDr. Konstantīns Raudive was a Latvian writer and intellectual, and husband of Zenta Mauriņa. Raudive was born in Latvia but studied extensively abroad, later becoming a student of Carl Jung...
- athlete Ineta RadēvičaIneta RadevicaIneta Radēviča is a Latvian athlete, competing in the long jump and triple jump.Radēviča won the bronze medal in the 2003 European U-23 championship. She has also won two NCAA championships, while competing for the University of Nebraska. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, she was 13th in the triple...
- athlete Valentīna GotovskaValentina GotovskaValentīna Gotovska is a retired Latvian long jumper.Her personal best jump is 6.91 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Tartu. In her earlier career she was a high jumper, with a personal best of 1.97 metres from 1990. Gotovska retired after the 2005 season.-Achievements:-External links:...
- MonsignorMonsignorMonsignor, pl. monsignori, is the form of address for those members of the clergy of the Catholic Church holding certain ecclesiastical honorific titles. Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore, from the French mon seigneur, meaning "my lord"...
Konstantin BudkevichKonstantin BudkevichKonstanty Romuald Budkiewicz was a Roman Catholic priest executed by the Soviet Union as part of their repression of religion. He remains under investigation for possible Sainthood...
– Roman Catholic priest executed in the Lubyanka Prison on Easter Sunday 1923.