LATVIA

The Republic of Latvia, a former soviet state, is a central Baltic state with a capital city of Riga. Latvia comes from the ancient tribe of Latgalians, one of the 4 Baltic tribes that made up the majority population of the area.Latvia became a republic after WWI and was annexed by Russia in 1940. its regained its independence in 1991 after the fall of the Soviet Union.Latvia joined the EU and NATO in 2004.

Monetary unit:
1 Lats = 100 Santimu (1923 -1940)
1 Rublis = 1 russian ruble 1992
1 Lats = 100 Rublu 1993 onward

The 3 notes above are as follows:
200 Rublu note from 1992, the 5 Lati from 1993 and the 1 Rublis from 1992