Soldiers' cemetery near Rogas Memorial site
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Located on the side of the Saurieši-Salaspils highway, near Saulesciems.
The cemetery of the fallen soldiers of the Red Army near the houses of Rogu was established after the Second World War. It is said that more than 500 soldiers were buried there. Data may differ from actual reburials.
Most Red Army cemeteries were built after the war, when special groups of people reburied soldiers. It was a difficult and very unpleasant job. Weak organization and low motivation led to a number of errors, such as the accounting of overworkers. Those responsible for the maintenance of the cemetery were identified. Most often they were schools, collective farms and factories. The cone cemetery was divided into a Saurieši building material plant.
The goal of Soviet propaganda was to break into all walks of life. An integral part was the Russification of political, economic and cultural life, which was officially called "rapprochement with the great Russian people" or "modernization". The occupying forces became "liberators" and the Red Army cemeteries were part of the ideological infrastructure. The memory of the soldiers became a means of theatrical performance and public manipulation.
Today you can see the area of the cemetery of the fallen soldiers of the Red Army.
Used sources and references:
The team of authors. Latvia under the Soviet regime. 1945 - 1986. Collection of documents. Publishing house of the Latvian Institute of History. 2001.
