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The present study focuses on two interrelated issues: specifics of Russian literature in Latvia in the period after the World War II and peculiarity of children’s literature of this period. The post-war period is dramatic in the history of Latvia; it is a period of lost independence and occupation, which directly affects the literary process (presence of ideological doctrine). Nevertheless, Latvia’s cultural space becomes a place of relative artistic freedom and minimization of ideological dictate. In a phenomenal...