Soviet Soldiers’ Cemetery and "Figure of a Mother with a Burning Flame in her Hands”
Memorial site

Located in Inčukalns municipality, in the territory of Indrāni dendrological park, near the A2 highway.

The Red Army Cemetery was established during the Soviet occupation period after World War II. 224 soldiers are reburied in the Inčukalns Manor Park (sources may differ in the number of fallen). The historic buildings of the manor were destroyed during the Latvian War of Independence.

Most Red Army cemeteries were established after the war, when special groups of people reburied the remains of soldiers. It was a difficult and very unpleasant job. Poor organization and low motivation led to a number of errors, for example, in the accounting of those reburied. Those responsible for maintaining the cemeteries were appointed. Most often, these were schools, collective farms and factories. The Soviet farm or state farm “Gauja” was supposed to take care of this cemetery. The goal of Soviet propaganda was to penetrate all spheres of life. An integral part was the Russification of political, economic and cultural life, which was officially called “approaching the great Russian people” or “modernization”. The occupation troops turned into “liberators”, and the Red Army cemeteries were part of the ideological infrastructure. The memory of soldiers became a theatrical performance and a means of political manipulation.

Today, you can visit the cemetery area, where the sculpture “Image of a Mother with a Burning Flame in Her Hands” is located. Rare and specially protected tree species grow in the Indrāni Dendrological Park.