Monument to the commander of the 67th Red Army Rifle Division N. Dedayev
Lõunakindlusest põhja pool asub Liepāja suurim kalmistu - Keskkalmistu. Kalmistu lõunaosas asub Punaarmee kalmistu, kuhu on ümber maetud Liepāja lähistel hukkunud nõukogude sõdurid, sealhulgas 67. laskurdiviisi ülem kindralmajor Nikolai Dedajev, kes juhtis Liepāja kaitset 1941. aasta juunis.
24. juuni 1941 varahommikul algas Saksa armee 291. jalaväediviisi 505. jalaväerügemendi üksuse rünnak kolonel K. Lomeijeri juhtimisel Liepāja kindluse keskmise kindluse lähistel, pärast linna vallutamist. Priekule ja Grobiņa. Esimene rünnak oli ebaõnnestunud ja 25. juuni hommikuks oli kavandatud uus rünnak. Sel ajal Kesklinnusest loodes 67. laskurdiviisi komandopunktis, mis asus Liepāja kindluse nr. 8 (praegu Grīzupes tänav), sai pihta mitu Saksa suurtükimürsku ja vigastada kindralmajor N. Dedajev. N. Dedajev suri mereväehaiglas ja maeti vendade kalmistu lähedale. Ta maeti ümber Tosmare kalmistule 1947. aastal ja 1977. aastal Lõunalinnuse lähedal asuvale Keskkalmistule. Vaatamata Nõukogude kaotustele ei õnnestunud Saksa üksustel 25. juunil läbi murda ka Liepāja linnuse valli. Lahingud Liepajas lõppesid 27. ja 28. juunil, kui Nõukogude üksused üritasid põhja poole murda.
Keskkalmistu lõunaosas on Punaarmee sõdurite kalmistul kindralmajor N. Dedajevi monument.
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Liepaja Fortress South Fort and monument to N. Dedaev, commander of the 67th Rifle Division of the Red Army
The South Fort of Liepaja Fortress is located in the south-western part of Liepaja, between Klaipėda Street and the beach.
A fort was planned to protect the port of Emperor Alexander III from the south, two kilometres from the southern border of the city. The fort was to be located between Liepāja Lake and the sea, west of the outlet of the Thunder River, reinforcing the reinforced concrete fortifications with a moat. Although the fortifications were almost completely finished, the armaments had not been deployed. The constructed cellars were used as storage facilities both during the First World War and during the Second World War. In the 1920s and 1930s, various factories were located in the fortification area. Unlike the Middle Fort and Ravelin, the South Fort never took part in the war, because in all the wars the invaders besieged the eastern shore of Lake Liepāja and tried to invade Liepāja between Lakes Tosmare and Liepāja.
To the north of the South Fort is Liepāja's largest cemetery, the Central Cemetery. In the southern part of the cemetery there is a Red Army cemetery where Soviet soldiers who died in the vicinity of Liepāja are reburied, including the commander of the 67th Rifle Division, Major General Nikolai Dedaev, who led the defence of Liepāja in June 1941.
Liepaja Fortress Middle Fort and Monument to the Soldiers of the Red Army
The most dangerous direction of attack for the port of Emperor Alexander III was from the east between the lakes of Tosmare and Liepāja, where there was a 2.5 km wide strait of land. Three fortifications were built to defend the land strip. On the southern shore of Lake Tosmare there was a left redoubt, on the northern shore of Lake Liepāja a right redoubt, and between the redoubts there was a Middle Fort. The Middle Fort was the most serious fortification of the Liepaja Fortress, but it was not fully completed and artillery was not deployed until 1908.
It was at the Middle Fort that the most serious battles took place in April 1915, when German troops attacked, in November 1919 during the Latvian Army's battles against the West Russian Liberation Army, and in June 1941, when Liepāja was attacked by the 291st Infantry Division of the German Armored Forces.
In June 1941, when hostilities between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union broke out, the Liepaja garrison of the Soviet Army consisted of units of the Liepaja naval base of the Navy and the Red Army. The Liepaja naval base consisted of mine trawler, torpedo boat and submarine divisions, including former Latvian Navy ships and submarines. The coastal defence was carried out by the 23rd and 27th artillery batteries with 130 mm guns and the 18th railway artillery battery with 180 mm guns, covered by two Zenith artillery divisions. The base also included several sapper, repair, liaison and training units, totalling some 4 000 soldiers, commanded by Captain M. Klevenski, 1st rank. Of the Red Army units, the garrison was manned by the 67th Rifle Division (minus the 114th Rifle Regiment and one artillery division), commanded by Major-General N. Dedaev. The division had about 9000 soldiers before the outbreak of hostilities. The 143rd Fighter Aviation Regiment with 68 aircraft of various types was stationed at Liepāja airfield. In addition, the 12th Border Guard Unit operated in the Liepāja area.
The battle action at the Liepaja Fortress began in the early morning of 24 June 1941. Despite the Soviet losses, the German units were unable to break through the Liepaja Fortress rampart on 25 June. The fighting in Liepāja ended on 27 and 28 June, when Soviet units tried to break northwards.
