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Pēteris Stučka
Pēteris Stučka was a Latvian Bolshevik lawyer and writer who led the Soviet government of Latvia proclaimed in December 1918. His regime took Riga in January 1919 and ruled much of the country with harsh revolutionary measures, but it was driven out by Latvian, Baltic German and Estonian forces during 1919. He later became chairman of the Supreme Court of Soviet Russia.
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