Claim: The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic is also known as Soviet Latvia since 2016.
Evidence: The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic -LRB- Latvian SSR ; Latvijas Padomju Sociālistiskā Republika Латвийская Советская Социалистическая Республика , Latviyskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika -RRB- , also known as Soviet Latvia or Latvia , was a republic of the Soviet Union.
Latvia -LRB- -LSB- ˈlætviə -RSB- Latvija -LSB- ˈlatvija -RSB- -RRB- , officially the Republic of Latvia -LRB- -LSB- Latvijas Republika , links = no -RSB- -RRB- , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe , one of the three Baltic states.