Editing History of Latvia (section)

===People's Council===
After the German collapse on November 9, the National Council and the Democratic Bloc began unification talks. Social Democrats insisted that the new Latvia should be a socialistic state, which other parties found unacceptable. The Social Democrats also refused to join the National Council, instead insisting on creating a new unity organization. The unification talks were led by Farmers' Union leaders Kārlis Ulmanis and [[Miķelis Valters]], while National Council leaders [[Voldemārs Zāmuēls]], [[Arveds Bergs]] and [[Ādolfs Klīve]] were sidelined.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://m.lvportals.lv/visi/likumi-prakse?id=275241 |title=1918.gada 18.novembris – ne tik pašsaprotams |access-date=May 19, 2016 |archive-date=November 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106092259/http://m.lvportals.lv/visi/likumi-prakse?id=275241 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On November 17, 1918, competing Latvian factions finally united in the [[People's Council of Latvia|People's Council]], which on November 18, 1918, proclaimed the independence of the [[Republic of Latvia]] and created the [[Latvian Provisional Government]].

On November 18 Soviet Russia started a [[Soviet westward offensive of 1918–19|westward offensive]] aimed at regaining Russia's western provinces, and the [[Latvian War of Independence|War of Independence]] ensued.

The left wing of the Latvian Social Democrats had become allied with the Bolsheviks, and during its conference of November 18–19, 1918 proclaimed the Latvian commune a part of the [[RSFSR|Russian Soviet Federation]].