Mrs. Gravitis. Yes.

Mr. Belin. Where were you born?

Mrs. Gravitis. Latvia.

Mr. Belin. May I ask approximately how old you are?

Mrs. Gravitis. Seventy-four years old.

Mr. Belin. Did you live in Latvia all your life before coming to America?

Mrs. Gravitis. First Latvia was independent. It was part of Russia. I was born in Latvian territory, which was at that time Russia.

I was educated in Russia, in Moscow.

I was teaching in the Russian territory, and after that in Latvian territory, before Latvia became independent, in Ventspils, the name of the city where I was teaching in Latvia.

Mr. Belin. Latvia became independent in 1918?