Skriveri
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Skrīveri
an urban-type settlement in Stučka Raion, Latvian SSR. Located on the right bank of the Daugava River, Skrīveri has a railroad station, 72 km southeast of Riga. The Latvian Scientific Research Institute on Crop Cultivation and Agricultural Economics is located in the settlement. Skrīveri also has an arboretum and the house-museum of the writer A. Upīts.
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