TY - JOUR AU - Ščerbinskis, Valters PY - 2020/10/08 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - War and Higher Education in Riga, 1914–1920 JF - Istorija / History JA - istorijoszurnalas VL - 118 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.15823/istorija.2020.118.3 UR - https://ejournals.vdu.lt/index.php/istorijoszurnalas/article/view/1996 SP - 71-92 AB - <p><span class="fontstyle0">Abstract. </span><span class="fontstyle2">The First World War, the Russian Revolution, the Bolshevik coup and the subsequent establishment of the Bolshevik regime, the German occupation and independent Latvia<br>followed one another in quick succession within the territory of Latvia over the course of six years. The change of regimes significantly affected all spheres of life, including higher education. In late 19th century Riga had become an important centre for higher technical education in the Russian Empire. The conditions of war and German occupation brought significant changes in the work of Riga Polytechnical Institute, as it was evacuated to Russia. As the powers changed, the institute was not restored; however, its human resources and, to an extent, material base served as foundations for the creation of the Baltic Technical University (</span><span class="fontstyle0">Baltische Technische Hochschule</span><span class="fontstyle2">), the Bolshevik Higher School of Latvia (</span><span class="fontstyle0">Latvijas Augstskola</span><span class="fontstyle2">), the Technical Higher School in Riga (</span><span class="fontstyle0">Technische Hochschule in Riga</span><span class="fontstyle2">) and the Higher School of Latvia (</span><span class="fontstyle0">Latvijas Augstskola</span><span class="fontstyle2">; later University, </span><span class="fontstyle0">Latvijas Universitāte</span><span class="fontstyle2">). Over a short period of time, four political regimes sought to establish higher education institutions appropriate to their system of political values and governance. This article will compare circumstances and goals, as well as provide an overview of how the respective regimes initiated and implemented the activities of the universities in these extraordinary circumstances (war and revolution).</span> </p> ER -