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Latvia: Address and Telephone Directories

List of Directories

The following list of uncataloged Latvian telephone directories in the Library of Congress collection is arranged chronologically, then by city or region. Many of the directories cover the entire country in one volume. The type of directory is indicated by the words "Residential" listing home addresses of individuals, or "Organizational" for directories that list businesses, institutions, and government offices, or "Both" listing home addresses as well as businesses, institutions, and government offices. The list indicates when the directories are in Russian, and whether the Latvian names are written with Cyrillic letters.

Freely Available Online Directories

Besides using printed telephone directories, a reader may find it helpful to use current online directories available for free on the Internet.
  • Infobel External This is a database of business entries for each European country, including Latvia. There are no listings for private individuals at this site.
  • Rigaer Adressbuch External 1868-1927. Adress books in German listing people by name and by profession. There are also listsof  organizations, public institutes, and companies.

The uncataloged directories for Latvia featured in this guide are located on Deck 5S of the closed stacks in the Adams Building and readers must request the items in the Main Reading Room or the European Reading Room. For more information about requesting items at the Library, please see the Using the Library of Congress section in this guide.

Year Coverage Title Type Language/alphabet
1958, 1961, 1964 Riga Spisok abonentov Rizhskoi gorodskoi telefonnoi seti Both Russian text; names have been converted to the Cyrillic alphabet.
1961, 1964 Riga Rigas pilsetas telefona tikla abonentu saraksts Both Latvian
1965 Jurmala Jurmalas pilsetas telefona tikla abonentu saraksts = Spisok Abonentov Iurmalskoi gorodskoi telefonnoi seti Both First half of book is in Latvian; second half is in Russian
1971 Riga and Jurmala Spisok abonentov kvartirnykh telefonov telefonnykh setei gorodov Rigi i Iurmaly Res. Russian text; names have been converted to the Cyrillic alphabet.
1980 Riga Abonenty telefonnoi seti g. Rigi: kvartirnye telefony Res. Russian text; names have been converted to the Cyrillic alphabet.
1980 Jurmala Abonenty telefonnoi seti g. Iurmaly: kvartirnye telefony Res. Russian text; names have been converted to the Cyrillic alphabet.
1981 Jurmala Jurmalas telefonu tikla Abonenti: dzivoklu telefoni Res. Latvian
1983 Riga, Jurmala, and Riga district Latvijas PSR Rigas pilsetas, Jurmalas pilsetas un Rigas rajona iestazu, uznemumu un organizaciju telefonu abonentu saraksts Org. Latvian
1983 Riga, Jurmala, and Riga district Spisok abonentov telefonov predpriiatii, uchrezhdenii i organizatsii g. Rigi, Iurmaly i rizhskogo raiona Latviiskoi SSR Org. Russian text; names have been converted to the Cyrillic alphabet.
1985 Latvia arranged by raions (district) Spisok abonentov telefonov predpriiatii, uchrezhdenii i organizatsii raionov Latviiskoi SSR Org. Russian text; names have been converted to the Cyrillic alphabet.
1985 Latvia arranged by raions (district) Latvijas PSR rajonu uznemumu, iestazu un organizaciju telefonu abonentu saraksts Org. Latvian
1993/94 Liepaja Liepaja un apkartne: regionala telefonu gramata Org. Latvian
Year Coverage Title Type Language/alphabet
1976 Latvia: Riga, Jurmala, and raions (districts) Spisok abonentov telefonov predpriiatii, uchrezhdenii i organizatsii Latviiskoi SSR Org. Russian text; names have been converted to the Cyrillic alphabet
1977 Latvia: Riga, Jurmala, and raions (districts) Latvijas PSR rajonu uznemumu, iestazu un organizaciju telefonu abonentu saraksts Org. Russian text; names have been converted to the Cyrillic alphabet
1977, 1982, 1984 Members, staff and offices of the Latvian Academy of Sciences Latvijas PSR Zinatnu Akademijas telefonu saraksts Org. Latvian
1984 Members, staff and offices of the Latvian Academy of Sciences Spisok telefonov Akademii Nauk Latviiskoi SSR Org. Russian text; names have been converted to the Cyrillic alphabet
1989 Latvia

Spravochnik pochtovoi indeksatsii Latviiskoi SSR

Provides: 1) zip codes for each city or region; 2) names of each postal office and its zip code; 3) names of streets in Riga and associated zip codes.

Org. Russian text; names have been converted to the Cyrillic alphabet.
1997 Latvia

Uzn̦ēmumu katalogs Latvija+ = Complete business directory of Latvia.

Org. Latvian
1995, 2000 Latvia

Visa Latvija: tālruņu katalogs. Firmu un uzņēmumu tālruņu katalogs. 

Yellow pages.

Org. Latvian
19th and early 20th centuries

Latvia

(and neighboring countries)

Shtetl finder. Jewish communities in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the pale of settlement of Russia and Poland, and in Lithuania, Latvia, Galicia, and Bukovina, with names of residents Res. English