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Did Kārlis Ulmanis survive World War II?

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**Answer: No.** Kārlis Ulmanis, the former Prime Minister and authoritarian ruler of Latvia, did not survive World War II. He was arrested by the Soviet Union during their invasion of Latvia in 1940 and deported to Krasnodar Krai, Russia, where he died under suspicious circumstances in 1942 at the age of 63.
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