Red Army Brethren Cemetery in More Memorial site
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The Red Army Military Cemetery is located on the side of the main road through More. It is the final resting place for approximately 2000 soldiers who were killed during the Battle of More. In 1974 the cemetery was landscaped and a monument by sculptor B. Grīsle was unveiled.
Used sources and references:
Kuzmnins, V. The Battle of More in September 1944. Available: https://www.sargs.lv/lv/otrais-pasaules-kars/2016-10-20/mores-kaujas-1944-gada-septembri [Accessed: 24.03.2021.].
Kovtunenko, R. The Battle of Mores. Timermanis & Vējiņš. Riga. 2009
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The Battle of More is an episode of the final stage of World War II, which had a great importance in the further course of the war in the territory of Latvia. The Battle of More refers to the hostilities that took place from September 25 to October 5, 1944, on the Sigulda Defense Line in the territory of More parish. In the trenches of the Sigulda Defense Line, approximately 12 km long, soldiers of the 19th Division of the Latvian Legion, fighting heavy battles with a 10 to 15-fold superiority of the enemy for 10 days, stopped the advance of the Red / Soviet Army units towards Riga.