# On the land reform in Latvia

- URL: https://syn.by/en/history/archives/on-the-land-reform-in-latvia/
- Published: 1924-05-25T19:05:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T19:51:26+00:00
- Section: Archives
- Language: en
- BE edition: https://syn.by/historya/arkhivy/da-ziamielnaj-reformy-u-latvii.md
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/istoriya/arhivy/k-zyemyelnoy-ryeformye-v-latvii.md

> The Latvian Sejm has taken land from the landlords without compensation. France, Italy and Poland protested, but the Latvian government refused to set up a joint commission, considering the matter an internal one.

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As is known, the Latvian Sejm has passed a law on taking land away from the landlords without compensation. Citizens of foreign states protested against this, and their governments—the French, the Italian and the Polish—turned to the Latvian government with a protest, defending the rights of their citizens. To this the Latvian government replied that foreign citizens would receive a certain payment.

The foreign governments then demanded the creation of a joint commission to determine the norms of payment… But to this the Latvian government gave a resolute refusal, declaring that this was a purely internal matter of Latvia.