Sudrabkalniņš hill - memorial for fight against Bermondt army
Memorial site
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Located in Riga, Pārdaugava, at the intersection of Slokas and Kurzemes avenues.
In early November 1919, during the Latvian War of Independence, street battles between the Latvian Army and Bermont's troops took place in Pārdaugava. The decisive attack on Bermont's army took place in this area. In 1937, a monument was unveiled in Sudrabkalniņš, according to the project of Kārlis Zāle, honoring the fallen soldiers of the 6th Riga Infantry Regiment and highlighting their military qualities.
Designed as a memorial wall – a symbolic fortification, the gate of which depicts a lion blocking the way to the enemy’s attack. Built from stone blocks of the Daugavgrīva Fortress defensive rampart and hewn from the granite left over from the Freedom Monument. The cost of the memorial site amounted to almost 35,000 lats. For comparison, 4 “Ford - Shield V8 De Luxe” cars made in Latvia could be purchased for this amount.
Today, you can visit one of the most impressive memorials of the War of Independence.
Used sources and references:
History of the 6th Riga Infantry Regiment 1919-1929. Riga: 6th Riga Infantry Regiment, 1929.
Radziņš, P. The Latvian War of Liberation 1918-1920. Riga: Avots, 1990.
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