The First World War Russian Soldiers' Graves of the Brothers
Memorial site
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It is located at the beginning of Jēkabpils State Gymnasium Alley towards the main entrance to the school.
Installed above the grave in memory of the fallen Russian soldiers of the 3rd Caucasus Rifle Regiment in 1915. 139 soldiers and two officers who fell on September 1, 1915 near Jēkabpils, during the attack, with the aim of breaking the front towards Panevezys, are buried in the brothers' cemetery.
The inscription on the obelisk:
3rd CAUCASIAN RIFLE REGIMENT HEROES OF OFFICERS AND SHIFTERS. ЗА ВЕРУ ЦАРЯ И ОТЕЧЕСТВА В СЛАВУ РУССКОГО ОРУДИЯ НА ПОЛЕ БРАНИ ПАВШИМ 1-GO SENTYABRYA 1915 ГODA В ОКРЕСТНОСТЯХ ЯКОБШТАТА. THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAT I LOVE, THAT SOMEONE WOULD PUT THEIR SOUL FOR THEIR FRIENDS.
Inscription on the concrete base:
GLORIOUS SMERTH BESLAVIYA KRASHE.
There is a limestone plaque with the names of 78 fallen soldiers and officers
The monument is surrounded by concrete posts connected by cast iron chains.
The author of the monument is Jēkabpils stonemason J. Sieriņš.
Used sources and references:
Iluta Bērziņa, Jēkabpils History Museum
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