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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zantetsuken, post: 743314, member: 21665&quot;]Numerous territories declared independence after the Russian Empire fragmented in 1917. The Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania declared independence in 1918, however, Soviet influence was felt in these areas as well. One example was a series of municipal notes issued for the &#039;RIGA WORKERS DEPUTIES SOVIET&#039; in Latvia. The specimen listed is 5 Rubli note dated 1919. Latvia and the other Baltic republics were able to maintain their independence until the Soviet Union invaded in 1939, and then officially made Soviet republics a year later in 1940.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://img195.imageshack.us/i/rigasoviet5rubli1919.jpg/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://img195.imageshack.us/i/rigasoviet5rubli1919.jpg/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/1139/rigasoviet5rubli1919.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="http://img195.imageshack.us/i/rigasoviet5rubli1919.jpg/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://img195.imageshack.us/i/rigasoviet5rubli1919.jpg/" rel="nofollow"></a> </p><p><i><b>RIGA (SOVIET-MUNICIPAL)~5 Rubli 1919</b></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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