VARKAVA, a village in the Preiļi District (Republic of Latvia).

From 1772, it was part of the Russian Empire; from 1802, known as the village of Varkovo within the Dvinsk District; from 1893, part of the Dvinsk Uyezd of the Vitebsk Governorate. Between 1918 and 1940, it was part of the Republic of Latvia, and from 1940 to 1991, part of the Latvian SSR.

In 1930, Varkava had a Jewish population of 35.

In the summer of 1941, 48 Jews were murdered in Varkava.