The coup was only partially successful, the Provisional Government took refuge on a British ship anchored nearby, and for several months, three governments operated in Latvia – the Bolshevik Stučka government in Riga, the putschist-established Andrievs Niedra government in Liepāja, and the Ulmanis Provisional Government just offshore. The unusual circumstance was the result of an incredibly complex military and political situation in the country which was still only a few months old since it...