[1] The first attempt at creating a national encyclopedia in independent Latvia was launched in the interwar period by the publishing house of Ansis Gulbis [lv].
The first edition of the Latvian Dictionary of Conversation [lv] was published in 1927, but after 21 volumes (the last one ending with the article about Giovanni Battista Tiepolo) the work was cut short by the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940.
Valters Ščerbinskis, whereas the Professional Editor Board (Latvian: Nozaru redakcijas kolēģija) is made up of 46 consultants, each assigned to a certain topic, and is led by National Library of Latvia director Andris Vilks [lv].
[4][5] Due to high demand, the 3000 copies of the issue were sold out in a few days and an additional batch of 1000 books had to be printed.
[7][8] The online version does not have a thematical focus and covers a wide variety of subjects on world culture, science, economics etc.