Ernests Blanks

1 September] 1894 in Braslava, Valmiera County, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire – 31 January 1972 in Palma, Majorca, Spain), publicist, the first to publicly advocate for Latvia's independence in 1917.

After the state of Latvia had been established he reminded that the Latvians had regained their long lost freedom.

Blanks devoted his life to defending the sovereignty of the state of Latvia through his writings.

1 September] 1894 in Braslava municipality in Valmiera County, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire.

Starting in 1914, he studied history and philosophy at the Shanyavskiy University in Moscow as an unenrolled student.