Karlis Ulmanis

(1877-1942) lived in Lincoln. Politician, known for associating with liberation movement in Latvia when it was part of Russia in early 1900s, he emigrated to the United States in 1907, then returned when revolution of 1917 overthrew imperial rule in Russia, and served as prime minister of an independent Latvia from 1918 to 1933, after which he assumed complete control as president of the government until World War II during which time he initiated land reform and other progressive measures for his people. Consult East European Quarterly, Vol 14 (June 1982) 151-169 and Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald Magazine of the Midlands, March 30, 1986, pp. 14-16 and Nebraska History, Vol 80 (Summer 1999) 46-54.

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