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The phases of orthodox Socialist Realism art in Latvia (1940–1941, 1945–1956) are already researched and interpreted in many publications of Latvian art historians. They reveal the robust suppression of local art life by the totalitarian regime during the Soviet occupation, the force of the ideological pressure on artists and describe the considerable body of artworks named Socialist Realism. The...