page_title: Daugavpils
section_title: Religion
hierarchical_section_title: Daugavpils / Demographics / Religion
caption_attribution_description: Latviešu: Daugavpils Borisa un Gļeba pareizticīgo katedrāle
context_page_description: Daugavpils is a city in south-eastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. It is the second-largest city in the country after the capital Riga, which is located some 230 kilometres to its north-west.
  Daugavpils is located relatively close to Belarus and Lithuania, and some 120 km from the Latvian border with Russia. Daugavpils is a major railway junction and industrial centre and lies approximately midway between Riga and Minsk, and between Warsaw and Saint Petersburg.
  Daugavpils, then Dyneburg, was the capital of Polish Livonia while in Poland. Following the first partition of Poland in 1772, the city became part of the Russian Empire. Since the Second World War, it has maintained an overwhelmingly Russian-speaking population, with Latvians and Poles being significant minorities. Historically, German and Yiddish were additional prominent native languages.
context_section_description: Martin Luther Cathedral
  Ss. Boris and Gleb Cathedral
  St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
  St. Alexander Nevsky Church
  Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
  St. Peter-in-Chains Catholic Church
  Heart of Jesus Catholic Church
  Grīva Catholic Church
  First Old Believers’ House of Prayer
  Vecforštate Old Believers' House of Prayer
  Daugavpils Synagogue - restored 2003-2006
  Before the Second World War, there were more than 40 synagogues in the city.
caption: Ss Boris and Gleb Orthodox Cathedral – the biggest Orthodox church in Latvia
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