ADMINISTRATIVE AND TERRITORIAL REFORM OF LATGALE IN THE CONTEXT OF NAUTRENI PARISH (1917–2016)

Abstract

Major part of Public Administration are administrative territorial divisions. The original territorial classification of Latgale developed over a long cultural and historical time period. During the period of Soviet occupation changes in territorial breakdown occurred more frequently, adapting to USSR model. This article gives a general insight in reforms of administrative territorial classification of Latgale, starting from 1917 until 2016. In this article Nautreni parish, part of Rezekne municipality, is used as an example to explore these reforms in more detail. So far in studies territorial reforms in Latvia are reflected only in general without going into local scale of territorial boundary changes. But the local history research is vital to get better understanding of the historical concept and important part of this research are archive materials.