Republic Latvian is another name for the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic .
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 .