Red Army Brethren Cemetery in More
Memorialinis vieta
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The Red Army Military Cemetery is located on the side of the main road through More. It is the final resting place for approximately 2000 soldiers who were killed during the Battle of More. In 1974 the cemetery was landscaped and a monument by sculptor B. Grīsle was unveiled.
Panaudoti šaltiniai ir literatūra:
Kuzmnin, Battle of V. Mores in September 1944. Available: https://www.sargs.lv/lv/otrais-pasaules-kars/2016-10-20/mores-kaujas-1944-gada-septembri [Viewed: 24.03.2021.].
Kovtunenko, the battle of R. Mores. Timermanis & Vējiņš. Riga. 2009
Susijusi laiko juosta
Susijusi istorija
Unrecognized soldiers. The story of a battle officer.
The Battle of Mores is an episode of the end of the Second World War, which was of great importance in the further course of the war in the territory of Latvia. The Battle of Mores marks the war in the Sigulda line of defense in the territory of Mores Parish, which took place from September 25 to October 5, 1944. In the trenches of the Sigulda line of defense, about 12 km long, the soldiers of the 19th Division of the Latvian Legion, fighting heavy battles with 10 to 15 times the enemy's defeat for 10 days, stopped the Red / Soviet army units moving towards Riga.