Modern monolingual street plates for Krāsotāji Street and Mūrnieki Street in Riga and decorative trilingual plates with the historical street names, including in Russian (Красильная улица and Мурничная улица) that were in use from 1877 to 1918.
The Russian language in Latvia is spoken by a significant minority. According to the External Migration Survey in 2017, it was the native language of 36% of the population,[1] whereas 25.4% of the population were ethnic Russians.[2]
^"Results of External Migration Survey". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
^"Population share by ethnicity in regions, cities, municipalities and 21 development centres at the beginning of year – Ethnicity, Time period and Territorial unit". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
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