The site of the battles of the Rubeņš Battalion on December 6-9, 1944
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Memorial site at the site of the battles of Lieutenant R. Rubenis' battalion on December 6-9, 1944, between the houses of "Vēveris" and "Dzilns" in Ugāle parish.
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