tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11744243.post115425840743743553..comments2023-06-17T05:07:21.550-05:00Comments on DYKUN of Mozhlyvivka: Baltica 2006Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00913779662275547638noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11744243.post-1154557025518267952006-08-02T17:17:00.000-05:002006-08-02T17:17:00.000-05:00Yes; when Southern Livland (Vidzeme) was under Swe...Yes; when Southern Livland (Vidzeme) was under Swedish rule, the Jesuits came to Dyneburg (Daugavpils) from Wenden (Cēsis) -- and taught the Latgallian dialect of Latvian. <BR/><BR/>The Counter-Reformation was led by the Jesuits, and while Lutheranism was firmly established in most of the rest of Latvia, about a quarter of Latvia's population was Roman Catholic in 1925, the vast majority of the Pēteris Cedriņšhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427626605836088551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11744243.post-1154528382179441652006-08-02T09:19:00.000-05:002006-08-02T09:19:00.000-05:00Peteris, you are helpful, as always. I am guessin...Peteris, you are helpful, as always. I am guessing that the Latgolian Catholics were Roman, not Uniate?Stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913779662275547638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11744243.post-1154428845978457132006-08-01T05:40:00.000-05:002006-08-01T05:40:00.000-05:00Thank you for the report and the video, Stefan! I ...Thank you for the report and the video, Stefan! <BR/><BR/>I would add other major reasons why Latgallians are different -- Latgola was separate from the rest of Latvia, part of Poland 1561-1772 and then part of Russia proper (i.e., it was not a "Baltic province" as Courland, Semigallia, and Livland were). Russification was extremely heavy-handed, with a ban on the Latin alphabet and persecution Pēteris Cedriņšhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427626605836088551noreply@blogger.com