Exhibition “Latvian Army in Pļaviņas in the 20th Century”
Infrastructure

The exhibition dedicated to the creation of the Latvian Army is located in Plaviņas. The building that houses the exhibition has a long history. With the establishment of the Stukmaņi (now Pļaviņas) railway station, the construction of houses began in the area, and one of them, built in 1900, was the house of the merchant Hugo Appeltoft. The building was built as a merchants’ house, but later, it became the birth place of the Latvian Army. In July 1919, during the War of Independence, the building was used as the headquarters of the Latvian Eastern Front. On 17 June 1934, to commemorate this event, a memorial plaque was unveiled at the building with the inscription: “In 1919, this house was the headquarters of the commander of the Eastern Front, and here, General Janis Balodis assumed command of the Latvian National Army.” The plaque was restored on 16 June 1990. On 10 June 2019, a memorial statue dedicated to the recipients of the Order of Lāčplēsis born in Pļaviņas region was erected in front of the former headquarters building. The exhibition displays information stands with historical pho tographs, maps and information about the establishment of the Latvian Eastern Front Headquarters.